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Medicare (CMS) May 13th 2018 Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Updates

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May 13th 2018 LCD Updates:

  • DL37792            4Kscore Test
  • A55607              Additional Information Required for Coverage and Pricing for Category III CPT® Codes
  • A55681              Additional Information Required for Coverage and Pricing for Category III CPT® Codes
  • A53387              Aflibercept (EYLEA®) Coding and Billing Guidelines
  • DL37800            Allergen Immunotherapy
  • L36460               Bone Mass Measurement
  • L34008               Computerized Corneal Topography
  • L37379               Echocardiography
  • L34315               Electrocardiograms
  • L37283               Electrocardiograms
  • L33431               HbA1c
  • L34554               In Vitro Chemosensitivity & Chemoresistance Assays
  • DL37779            Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
  • L33685               Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone (LHRH) Analogs
  • DL37761            Magnetic Resonance Image Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) for Essential Tremor
  • DL37790            Magnetic Resonance Image Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) for Essential Tremor
  • DL37787            MolDX: Corus® CAD Assay
  • L36089               MolDX: Genetic Testing for Hypercoagulability / Thrombophilia (Factor V Leiden, Factor II Prothrombin, and MTHFR)
  • DL37366            MolDX: Guardant360® Plasma-Based Comprehensive Genomic Profiling in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
  • A54682              Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim) Onpro® Kit (On-body Injector)
  • L34555               Non-Covered Category III CPT Codes
  • DL37798            Noncovered Service – 4Kscore Test
  • DL37804            Noncovered Service – Dopamine Transporter Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (DAT-SPECT) with Iodine I-123 Ioflupane
  • L35008               Non-Covered Services
  • L36219               Non-Covered Services
  • L36741 (retired)  Pathology and Laboratory: BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genetic Testing
  • L37485               Prostate Rectal Spacers
  • L37293               Respiratory Care (Respiratory Therapy )
  • L34149               Respiratory Care (Respiratory Therapy)
  • A55948              Response to Comments: Prostate Rectal Spacers
  • A55984              Response to Comments: Respiratory Care (Respiratory Therapy)
  • A55988              Response to Comments: Respiratory Care (Respiratory Therapy)
  • L35026               Rituximab (Rituxan®)
  • DL37796            Sclerotherapy and Endovenous Non-Thermal Treatment of Varicose Veins
  • DL37774            Supervised Exercise Therapy for the Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease with Symptomatic Lower Extremity Intermittent Claudication
  • L34924               Treatment of Varicose Veins and Venous Stasis Disease of the Lower Extremities
  • A55229              Treatment of Varicose Veins and Venous Stasis Disease of the Lower Extremities
  • L33762               Treatment of varicose veins of the lower extremity
  • L36690               Wound Application of Cellular and/or Tissue Based Products (CTPs), Lower Extremities

 

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