SUPERSEDED LCD Reference Article Billing and Coding Article

Billing and Coding: Biomarker Testing for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

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Article ID
A56609
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Article Title
Billing and Coding: Biomarker Testing for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Article Type
Billing and Coding
Original Effective Date
12/01/2019
Revision Effective Date
11/01/2022
Revision Ending Date
02/29/2024
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This article contains coding and other guidelines that complement the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Biomarker Testing for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis.

Coding Information:

Procedure codes may be subject to National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits or OPPS packaging edits. Refer to NCCI and OPPS requirements prior to billing Medicare.

For services requiring a referring/ordering physician, the name and NPI of the referring/ordering physician must be reported on the claim.

A claim submitted without a valid ICD-10-CM diagnosis code will be returned to the provider as an incomplete claim under Section 1833(e) of the Social Security Act.

The diagnosis code(s) must best describe the patient's condition for which the service was performed.

 

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CPT/HCPCS Codes

Group 1

(8 Codes)
Group 1 Paragraph

The CPT codes in Group 1 are considered medically necessary when ordered by a physician or other qualified health care professional (i.e., NP, CNS, PA).

PCA3 should be billed using code 81313

ConfirmDx should be billed using code 81551

%fPSA should be billed using codes 84153 and 84154.

PHI should be billed using codes 84153, 84154 and 86316.

SelectMDX should be billed using code 81479

EPI should be billed using code 0005U.

 

Group 1 Codes
Code Description
81313 PCA3/KLK3 (PROSTATE CANCER ANTIGEN 3 [NON-PROTEIN CODING]/KALLIKREIN-RELATED PEPTIDASE 3 [PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN]) RATIO (EG, PROSTATE CANCER)
81479 UNLISTED MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY PROCEDURE
81539 ONCOLOGY (HIGH-GRADE PROSTATE CANCER), BIOCHEMICAL ASSAY OF FOUR PROTEINS (TOTAL PSA, FREE PSA, INTACT PSA, AND HUMAN KALLIKREIN-2 [HK2]), UTILIZING PLASMA OR SERUM, PROGNOSTIC ALGORITHM REPORTED AS A PROBABILITY SCORE
81551 ONCOLOGY (PROSTATE), PROMOTER METHYLATION PROFILING BY REAL-TIME PCR OF 3 GENES (GSTP1, APC, RASSF1), UTILIZING FORMALIN-FIXED PARAFFIN-EMBEDDED TISSUE, ALGORITHM REPORTED AS A LIKELIHOOD OF PROSTATE CANCER DETECTION ON REPEAT BIOPSY
84153 PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (PSA); TOTAL
84154 PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (PSA); FREE
86316 IMMUNOASSAY FOR TUMOR ANTIGEN, OTHER ANTIGEN, QUANTITATIVE (EG, CA 50, 72-4, 549), EACH
0005U ONCOLOGY (PROSTATE) GENE EXPRESSION PROFILE BY REAL-TIME RT-PCR OF 3 GENES (ERG, PCA3, AND SPDEF), URINE, ALGORITHM REPORTED AS RISK SCORE
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Group 1

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ICD-10-CM Codes that Support Medical Necessity

Group 1

(1 Code)
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Group 1 Codes
Code Description
R97.20 Elevated prostate specific antigen [PSA]
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ICD-10-CM Codes that DO NOT Support Medical Necessity

Group 1

(1 Code)
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Group 1 Codes
Code Description
C61 Malignant neoplasm of prostate
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ICD-10-PCS Codes

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Bill Type Codes

Contractors may specify Bill Types to help providers identify those Bill Types typically used to report this service. Absence of a Bill Type does not guarantee that the article does not apply to that Bill Type. Complete absence of all Bill Types indicates that coverage is not influenced by Bill Type and the article should be assumed to apply equally to all claims.

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Revenue Codes

Contractors may specify Revenue Codes to help providers identify those Revenue Codes typically used to report this service. In most instances Revenue Codes are purely advisory. Unless specified in the article, services reported under other Revenue Codes are equally subject to this coverage determination. Complete absence of all Revenue Codes indicates that coverage is not influenced by Revenue Code and the article should be assumed to apply equally to all Revenue Codes.

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Other Coding Information

Group 1

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Coding Table Information

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Revision History Information

Revision History Date Revision History Number Revision History Explanation
11/01/2022 R3

Added the following language to the "CPT/HCPCS Codes" section- Group 1: Paragraph: "The CPT codes in Group 1 are considered medically necessary when ordered by a physician or other qualified health care professional (i.e., NP, CNS, PA).

01/01/2021 R2

Due to the annual CPT/HCPCS update CPT codes 84153 and 84154 descriptions were changed in Group 1.

12/01/2019 R1

Bill types and Revenue codes have been removed from this article. Guidance on these codes is available in the Bill type and Revenue code sections.

This article was converted to a Billing and Coding Article type.

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Associated Documents

Medicare BPM Ch 15.50.2 SAD Determinations
Medicare BPM Ch 15.50.2
Related Local Coverage Documents
LCDs
L37733 - Biomarker Testing for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
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