tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 32

Idustry Notes: 21 Lab Tests Approved For CLIA-Waived Status

Plus: Get ready for mass immunization season. Effective Oct. 1, you'll have a host of lab codes that you'll be able to report as "CLIA-waived," thanks to a Sept. 12 CMS transmittal on the matter. According to Transmittal 1594, CMS will now consider 21 additional tests CLIA-waived. You'll have to append modifier QW (CLIA-waived test) to these codes, which include the following, among others: • 83520 -- Immunoassay, analyte, quantitative; not otherwise specified • 87880 -- Infectious agent detection by immunoas say  with direct optical observation; Streptococcus, group A • 89300 -- Semen analysis; presence and/or motility of...

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