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Billing and Coding: MolDX: Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Indications for Breast Pathology

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Billing and Coding: MolDX: Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Indications for Breast Pathology
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Billing and Coding
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10/01/2015
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11/22/2023
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Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, §1833(e), prohibits Medicare payment for any claim lacking the necessary documentation to process the claim.

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Based on recommendations from the College of American Pathologists, the American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO), and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), hormone receptor assays, estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and Her-2/neu are the only current biomarkers that demonstrate standardized value in breast cancer pathology evaluation. Although other biomarkers, such as Ki-67, PI3K, and gene expression assays, have been studied, no proven standardized value has been established. Therefore, CGS Administrators and the MolDX program contractor will allow ER, PR, and Her2 testing by IHC for patients with primary invasive breast cancers and recurrent or metastatic cancers.

To report an IHC service for an ER, PR, Her2, submit the following claim information:

CPT® Code Specimen UOS
88342 First single/multiplex stain 1
88341 Each additional 2
     
     
     
     

To report morphometric analysis, select one of the following codes based on the type of morphometric analysis:

CPT® Code Service Type UOS
88360 Manual 3
88361 Computer-assisted 3

 

 

 

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Revision History Information

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11/22/2023 R13

Revision Effective:  11/22/2023

Revision Explanation: Updated LCD Reference Article section.

11/19/2020 R12

Revision Effective: 11/19/2020
Revision Explanation: Under Article Text removed the verbiage “Effective 01/01/2014 thru 06/11/2015, CPT® code 88342 and 88343 were not active for Medicare submission. Effective 6/12/2015, 88342 was reactivated by CMS for Medicare submission. CPT® 88343 was deleted 01/01/2015. HCPCS codes G0461 and G0462 were deleted 1/1/2015.”

10/31/2019 R11

Revision Effective: 10/31/2019
Revision Explanation: Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, §1833(e) was removed from the CMS National Coverage Policy section of the related Lab: Special Histochemical Stains and Immunohistochemical Stains L35922 LCD and placed in this article. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added codes 88341, 88342, 88360 and 88361. CPT® was inserted throughout the article where applicable.

10/03/2019 R10

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Revision Explanation: Annual review no changes made.

10/03/2019 R9

Revision Effective date: 10/03/2019
Revision Explanation: Converted article into new billing and coding article format.

10/01/2015 R8

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10/01/2015 R7

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10/01/2015 R5 Revision Effective: 10/01/2015
Revision Explanation: HCPCS codes G0461 and G0462 were deleted 1/1/2015 and replaced with 88341 and 88342.
10/01/2015 R4 Revision Effective: 10/01/2015
Revision Explanation: Added information concerning 88342 and 88343.
10/01/2015 R3 Revision Effective: 10/01/2015
Revision Explanation: Added information concerning 88342 and 88343.
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Revision Explanation: Annual review no changes made.
10/01/2015 R1 R1
Revision Effective:10/01/2015
Revision Explanation: Changed MoPath to MolDX .
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L36021 - MolDX: Molecular Diagnostic Tests (MDT)
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