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Medicare (CMS) July 29th 2018 Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Updates

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July 29th Medicare (CMS) 2018 LCD Updates:

  • A52946 (retired)        Qutenza® (Capsaicin) 8% Patch Billing and Coverage
  • L33392             Category III CPT® Codes
  • L34093             Chemotherapy and Biologicals
  • L34651             Flow Cytometry
  • A52916 (retired)        Hyperbaric Oxygen and E/M codes
  • A52931 (retired)        Liability Change in Denial for Assistants at Surgery in Teaching Hospitals
  • A55716             MolDX: Abbott RealTime IDH2 testing for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Coding and Billing Guidelines
  • L35443             MolDX: GeneSight ® Assay for Refractory Depression
  • A54995             MolDX: Billing and Coding for Lynch Syndrome Testing Services
  • A54996             MolDX: Billing and Coding for Lynch Syndrome Testing Services
  • L36456             MolDX: BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genetic Testing
  • A56072             MolDX: Microsatellite Instability-High (MSI-H) and Mismatch Repair Deficient (dMMR) Biomarker Coding and Billing Guidelines for Patients with Unresectable or Metastatic Solid Tumors
  • A54290             MolDX: myPap™ Coding and Billing Guidelines
  • A55597             MolDX: PIK3CA Gene Tests Billing and Coding Guidelines
  • A55602             MolDX: PIK3CA Gene Tests Billing and Coding Guidelines
  • A56080             MolDX: Quidel Solana Strep Complete Assay and Quidel Lyra Direct Strep Assay Billing and Coding Guidelines
  • A56081             MolDX: Quidel Solana Strep Complete Assay and Quidel Lyra Direct Strep Assay Billing and Coding Guidelines
  • A56074             MolDX: Quidel Solana Strep Complete Assay and Quidel Lyra Direct Strep Assay Coding and Billing Guidelines
  • A52755             Outpatient Therapy Biofeedback Training
  • A53346             Outpatient Therapy Biofeedback Training
  • A53352             Outpatient Therapy Biofeedback Training
  • L34199             Treatment of Ulcers & Symptomatic Hyperkeratoses

 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Updates »

 

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