AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2017 Issue 1; For Your Information
Discontinuation of Modifier L1
Modifier L1, Provider attestation that the hospital laboratory test(s) is not packaged under the hospital OPPS, was deleted by CMS on December 31, 2016.
This modifier was previously used to identify unrelated laboratory tests.
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