Medicare (CMS) July 8th 2018 Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Updates

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

July 8th 2018 LCD Updates:

• L33392          Category III CPT® Codes
• A54314          Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Coding and Billing Guidelines
• L36029          Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
• A52408          Filgrastim, Pegfilgrastim, Tbo-filgrastim, Filgrastim-sndz (e.g., Neupogen®, Neulasta ™, Granix ™ Zarxio™) – Related to LCD L33394
• L35427          Hyaluronan Acid Therapies for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
• L35448          Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)
• L35677          Infliximab
• L34220          Lumbar MRI
• L37281          Lumbar MRI
• A55711          MolDX: Abbott RealTime IDH2 testing for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Billing and Coding Guidelines
• A55712          MolDX: Abbott RealTime IDH2 testing for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Billing and Coding Guidelines
• A55881          MolDX: ThermoFisher Oncomine Dx Target Test For Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Billing and Coding Guidelines
• A55888          MolDX: ThermoFisher Oncomine Dx Target Test For Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Billing and Coding Guidelines
• L36139          MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
• L36082          MolDX: BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genetic Testing
• L36458          MolDX: Breast Cancer Index℠ Genetic Assay
• A54878          MolDX: CDH1 Genetic Testing Coding and Billing Guidelines
• L36117          MolDX: Genetic Testing for BCR-ABL Negative Myeloproliferative Disease
• L35984          MolDX: Genetic Testing for Hypercoagulability / Thrombophilia (Factor V Leiden, Factor II Prothrombin, and MTHFR)
• L37699          MolDX: Guardant360® Plasma-Based Comprehensive Genomic Profiling in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
• L35160          MolDX: Molecular Diagnostic Tests (MDT)
• L36256          MolDX: Molecular Diagnostic Tests (MDT)
• L36011          MolDX: Molecular RBC Phenotyping
• A55294          MolDX: Myriad’s BRACAnalysis CDx™ Billing and Coding Guidelines
• A55295          MolDX: Myriad’s BRACAnalysis CDx™ Billing and Coding Guidelines
• A54689          MolDX: Myriad’s BRACAnalysis CDx™ Coding and Billing Guidelines
• L36174          MolDX: NSCLC, Comprehensive Genomic Profile Testing
• L35000          Molecular Pathology Procedures
• L35451          Non-Invasive Peripheral Venous Studies
• L33628          Panretinal (Scatter) Laser Photocoagulation
• L34430          Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
• A56017          Response to Comments: Lumbar MRI
• A56018          Response to Comments: Lumbar MRI
• A56038          Response to Comments: MolDX: Guardant360® Plasma-Based Comprehensive Genomic Profiling in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
• A55982          Response to Comments: Molecular Pathology Procedures
• A52452          Rituximab (Rituxan®) – Related to LCD L33394
• L33454          Varicose Veins of the Lower Extremities

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