Medicare (CMS) September 16th 2018 Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Updates

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September 16th 2018 Medicare (CMS) LCD Updates:

• A53026                Bariatric Surgery Coverage
• A53028                Bariatric Surgery Coverage
• A52728 (retired)   Billing of E/M Services and Drug Administration
• L33557                 Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
• L37697                 Emergency and Non-Emergency Ground Ambulance Services
• A56130                Emergency and non-emergency ground ambulance services revision to the Part A and Part B LCD
• DL37893              Endovenous Stenting
• DL35427              Hyaluronan Acid Therapies for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
• L36504                 Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) Therapy
• L33633                 Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
• L34195                 Mohs Micrographic Surgery
• A53098                MolDX: Afirma™ Assay by Veracyte Update
• L36129                 MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
• DL37822              MolDX: Breast Cancer IndexTM (BCI) Gene Expression Test
• DL37824              MolDX: Breast Cancer IndexTM (BCI) Gene Expression Test
• L37612                 MolDX: Corus® CAD Assay
• DL37818              MolDX: Decipher® Biopsy Prostate Cancer Classifier Assay for Men with Very Low and Low Risk Disease
• DL37820              MolDX: Decipher® Biopsy Prostate Cancer Classifier Assay for Men with Very Low and Low Risk Disease
• DL37887              MolDX: Envisia, Veracyte, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Diagnostic Test
• DL36370              MolDX: Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome
• DL36374              MolDX: Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome
• DL37897              MolDX: Inivata, InVisionFirst, Liquid Biopsy for Patients with Lung Cancer
• DL37879              MolDX: myPath Melanoma Assay
• DL37881              MolDX: myPath Melanoma Assay
• DL37875              MolDX: NeuroIDgenetix® Test for Depression
• DL37877              MolDX: NeuroIDgenetix® Test for Depression
• L35098                 Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
• L35084                 Non-Coronary Vascular Stents
• L33629                 Non-covered Services
• L33631                 Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy Services
• A52515                Parenteral Nutrition – Policy Article
• L33942                 Physical Therapy – Home Health
• L34183                 Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
• A52757 (retired)   Rehabilitation Delivery Methods
• A52771 (retired)   Rehabilitation Delivery Methods
• A56129                Response to Comments: MolDX: Corus® CAD Assay
• A52737 (retired)   Standing Orders
• L33579                 Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
• L33577                 Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
• L34051                 Vitamin D Assay Testing
• L36692                 Vitamin D Assay Testing

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

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