11/16/2023
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R22
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R22
Revision Effective: 11/16/2023
Revision Explanation: Updated LCD Reference Article section.
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10/01/2023
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R21
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R21
Revision Effective: 10/01/2023
Revision Explanation: Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes the description was revised for 0258U, 0269U, 0271U, 0272U, 0274U, 0277U, 0278U, and 0362U. Added 0403U, 0405U, 0409U, 0410U, 0411U, 0413U, 0416U, 0417U, and 0419U. Deleted 0386U and 0397U. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 2: Codes added 0402U. This revision is due to the 2023 Q4 CPT/HCPCS Code Update and is effective on 10/1/2023.
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07/01/2023
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R20
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R20
Revision Effective: 07/01/2023
Revision Explanation: Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 0364U, 0368U, 0369U, 0370U, 0371U, 0372U, 0373U, 0374U, 0378U, 0379U, 0380U, and 0386U. The description was revised for 0022U. This revision is due to the 2023 Q2 CPT/HCPCS Code Update and is retroactive effective for dates of service on or after effective on April 1, 2023.
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07/01/2023
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R19
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R19
Revision Effective: 07/01/2023
Revision Explanation: Under CMS National Coverage Policy updated section heading. This revision is effective on 7/1/2023.
Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 0388U, 0389U, 0391U, 0392U, 0395U, 0396U, 0397U, 0398U, 0400U, and 0401U. This revision is due to the 2023 Q3 CPT/HCPCS Code Update and is effective on 7/1/2023.
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01/01/2023
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R18
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R18
Revision Effective: 01/01/2023
Revision Explanation: Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 81418, 81441, 81449, 81451, 81456, 0355U, 0356U, 0362U, and 0363U. The description was revised for 81330, 81445, 81450, 81455, 0017M, and 0069U. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 2: Codes the description was revised for 87999. This revision is due to the 2023 Annual/Q1 CPT/HCPCS Code Update and is effective on January 1, 2023.
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10/01/2022
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R17
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R17
Revision Effective: 10/01/2022
Revision Explanation: In revision 16 codes 0334U, 0343U, and 0345U were added to group1 CPT/HCPCS codes but were left off in error.
In the revision history for group 2 CPT/HCPCS code it was listed that 0015U was added to this grouping, but this was a typo it should have been 0115U.
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10/01/2022
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R16
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R16
Revision Effective: 10/01/2022
Revision Explanation: Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 0318U. This revision is due to the Q2 CPT/HCPCS Code Update and is retroactive effective for dates of service on or after 4/1/2022.
Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 0327U. This revision is due to the Q3 2022 CPT/HCPCS Code Update and is retroactive effective for dates of service on or after July 1, 2022.
Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 0332U, 0333U, 0334U, 0335U, 0336U, 0339U, 0340U, 0341U, 0343U, 0345U, 0347U, 0348U, 0349U, 0350U, and the description was revised for 0229U, 0262U, 0276U, 0296U, 0319U. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 2: Codes added 0352U, 0353U. This revision is due to the Q4 2022 CPT/HCPCS Code Update and is effective for dates of service on or after 10/01/2022.
Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 2: Paragraph revised the first and second sentence. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 2: Codes added 81513, 81514, 87154, 87483, 87505, 87506, 87507, 87631, 87632, 87633, 87636, 87637, 0015U, 0202U, 0223U, 0225U, 0240U, 0241U. This revision is retroactive effective for dates of service on or after 04/17/2022.
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07/01/2022
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R15
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R15
Revision Effective: 07/01/2022
Revision Explanation: Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group#1: Codes the description was revised for 0016M, 0229U, and 0306U. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 0323U, 0326U, 0329U, 0330U, 0331U. This revision is due to the Q3 2022 CPT/HCPCS Code Update and is effective on July 1, 2022.
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05/17/2022
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R14
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R14
Revision Effective: 05/17/2022
Revision Explanation: Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group1: Codes added 0306U, 0307U, 0313U, 0314U, 0315U, 0319U, 0320U and revised the description for 0022U.
This revision is due to the Q2 CPT/HCPCS Code Update and is effective for dates of service on or after 4/1/2022.
Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 2: Paragraph added the verbiage, “However, for molecular microbiology tests using codes 87800 and 87801, a Z-code is only required for non-FDA-approved/cleared services/tests.” Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group2: added codes 87800 and 87801.
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04/17/2022
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R13
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R13
Revision Effective: 04/17/2022
Revision Explanation: Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group1: Codes deleted 81599. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group1: Codes deleted 81599. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 2: Paragraph added the verbiage, “The following CPT codes require a Z-code if the testing is molecular (DNA/RNA) based.” Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 2: added codes 81599 AND 87999. This revision is effective on 04/17/2022.
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01/01/2022
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R12
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R12
Revision Effective: 01/01/2022
Revision Explanation:
Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Paragraph added the verbiage “The codes listed below fall within scope of the associated policy but do not automatically imply coverage. This revision is effective January 1, 2022.
Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 0285U, 0286U, 0287U, 0288U, 0289U, 0290U, 0291U, 0292U, 0293U, 0294U, 0296U, 0297U, 0298U, 0299U, 0300U, 81349, and 81523. Deleted 0208U. The description was revised for 0016M, 0017M, 0090U,0154U, 0155U, 0177U, 0180U, 0193U, 0200U, 0205U, 0216U, 0221U, 0244U, 0258U, 0262U, 0265U, 0266U, 0276U, 81194, 81228, and 81229. This revision is due to the 2022 Annual CPT/HCPCS Code Update and is effective on January 1, 2022.
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10/01/2021
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R11
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R11 Revision Effective: 10/01/2021 Revision Explanation: Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 0258U, 0260U, 0262U, 0264U, 0265U, 0266U, 0267U, 0268U, 0269U, 0270U, 0271U, 0272U, 0273U, 0274U, 0276U, 0277U, 0278U, 0282U and deleted 0168U. This revision is due to the Q4 2021 CPT®/HCPCS Code Update and is effective for dates of service on or after 10/1/2021.
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09/23/2021
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R10
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R10
Revision Effective: 09/23/2021
Revision Explanation: Annual review no changes.
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07/01/2021
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R9
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R9
Revision effective: 07/01/2021
Revision Explanation:
Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 0016M. This revision is due to coding that is applicable to the MolDX program and is retroactive effective for dates of service on or after 1/1/2021.
Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 0250U. This revision is due to the Q3 2021 CPT/HCPCS Code Update and is effective for dates of service on or after 7/1/2021.
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04/01/2021
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R8
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R8 Revision Effective: 04/01/2021 Revision Explanation:
Under CPT/HCPCS Group 1: Codes added 0017M and deleted 0105U. This revision is due to coding that is applicable to the MolDX program and is retroactive effective for dates of service on or after 1/1/2021.
Under CPT/HCPCS Group 1: Codes added 0242U, 0244U, 0245U, and 0246U. This revision is due to the Q2 2021 CPT/HCPCS Code Update and is effective for dates of service on or after 4/1/2021.
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01/01/2021
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R7
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R7 Revision Effective: 01/01/2021 Revision Explanation: Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 81374, 81377, 81381, 81383, 0069U, 0133U, 0168U, 0169U, 0170U, 0171U, 0172U, 0173U, 0175U, 0177U, 0179U, 0180U, 0181U, 0182U, 0183U, 0184U, 0185U, 0186U, 0187U, 0188U, 0189U, 0190U, 0191U, 0192U, 0193U, 0194U, 0195U, 0196U, 0197U, 0198U, 0199U, 0200U 0201U, 0203U, 0204U, 0205U, 0208U, 0209U, 0211U, 0212U, 0213U, 0214U, 0215U, 0216U, 0217U, 0218U, 0221U, and 0222U and deleted 81490, 81500, 81503, 81506, 81508, 81509, 81510, 81511, 81512, 81535, 81536, 81538, 81539, 84999, 85999, 86152, 86153, 86849, 87999, 0003U, 0009U, 0021U, 0024U, 0039U, 0053U, 0054U, 0058U, 0059U, 0062U, 0067U, 0068U, 0080U, 0083U, 0092U, 0107U, and 0108U. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 2: Codes moved 81401, 81403, 81406, 81407, 81412 to CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes.
This revision is due to coding that is applicable to the MolDX program and is retroactive effective for dates of service on or after 1/1/2021.
Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added 81168, 81191, 81192, 81193, 81194, 81278, 81279, 81338, 81339, 81347, 81348, 81351, 81352, 81353, 81357, 81360, 81419, 81529, 81546, 81554, 0228U, 0229U, 0230U, 0231U, 0232U, 0233U, 0234U, 0235U, 0236U, 0237U, 0238U, 0239U, deleted 81545.
This revision is due to the Q1 2021 CPT/HCPCS Code Update and is retroactive effective for dates of service on or after 1/1/2021.
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10/01/2020
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R6
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R6 Revision Effective: 10/01/2020 Revision Explanation: Based on the 4th quarter CPT/HCPCS update 0154U had a description revision.
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01/01/2020
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R5
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R5 Revision Effective: N/A Revision Explanation: Corrected typographical error of policy number from L35025 to correct policy number L36021.
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01/01/2020
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R4
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R4
Revision Effective: 1/1/2020
Revision Explanation:Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added CPT® codes 87999, 0045U-0050U, 0053U-0060U, 0062U, 0067U, 0068U, 0070U-0076U, 0078U-0080U, 0083U, 0105U, 0107U, 0108U, 0111U, 0113U, 0114U, 0118U, 0120U, 0129U-0132U, and 0134U-0138U. CPT® codes 81370-81383, 81596, 88120, 88121, 0002M, 0003M, 0002U, 0006U-0008U, 0010U, 0011U, 0025U, 0035U, 0038U, 0041U-0044U, 0086U, 0093U, 0095U-0100U were deleted. This addition and deletion is due to coding that is applicable to the MolDX program.
Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes added CPT® codes 81277, 81307, 81308, 81309, 81522, 81542, 81552, and code range 0153U-0162U. CPT® codes 0009M and 0085U were deleted. The code descriptions were revised for CPT® codes 81350, 0101U, 0102U, and 0103U. This revision is due to the Annual CPT®/HCPCS Code Update and becomes effective on 1/1/2020.
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10/31/2019
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R3
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R3
Revision Effective: 10/31/2019
Revision Explanation:This article is being revised in order to adhere to CMS requirements per Chapter 13, Section 13.5.1 of the Program Integrity Manual, to remove all coding from LCDs and incorporate into related Billing and Coding Articles. Regulations regarding billing and coding were removed from the CMS National Coverage Policy section of the related MolDX: Molecular Diagnostic Tests (MDT) L35025 LCD and placed in this article. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes deleted CPT® codes 81401, 81403, 81406, 81407, and 81412. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 2: Paragraph added verbiage “CPT® codes that are also referenced in other articles”. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 2: Codes added CPT® codes 81401, 81403, 81406, 81407, and 81412.
The above revisions will become effective on 10/24/19.
Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes: CPT code 0104U was deleted. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 1: Codes: CPT codes 0008U and 81404 descriptions were changed. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes Group 2: Codes: CPT code 81407 description was changed. These revisions are due to the Q4 CPT®/HCPCS Code Updates and are retroactive effective for dates of service on or after 10/1/19.
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09/19/2019
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R2
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R2
Revision Effective: 07/01/2019
Revision Explanation: New PLA codes 0084U-0103U were added during the conversion of moving codes from the policy and placing into a related billing and coding article as they were effective 07/01/2019. this was left off the revision 1 explanation when the article was converted to the billing and coding article template.
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09/19/2019
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R1
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R1
Revision Effective: 09/19/2019
Revision Explanation: Converted article into new Billing and Coding template no other changes made.
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