Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing (A58720) - R1 - Effective April 17, 2022

This Billing and Coding Article has been revised and published for notice under contract numbers: 01111 (CA), 01211 (AS, GU, HI, NMI), 01311 (NV), and 01911 (CA, HI & Territories).

Effective Date: April 17, 2022

Summary of Article Changes:

Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 1: Codes added A37.00, A37.01, A37.10, A37.11, A37.80, A37.81, A37.90, A37.91, A41.81, A41.89, A48.1, A48.2, B25.0, B33.23, B33.24, B59, J05.0, J12.0, J12.2, J12.3, J13, J15.0, J15.1, J15.20, J15.211, J15.212, J15.29, J15.3, J15.4, J15.7, J15.8, J15.9, J16.0, J20.0, J20.1, J20.2, J20.3, J20.4, J20.6, J22, J84.116, J84.117, J84.2, J85.0, J85.1, J85.2, J85.3, T86.33, and T86.812.

Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 2: Paragraph added the verbiage “Targeted”. Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 2: Codes added A08.31, A08.32, A32.11, A32.12, A32.7, K51.414, K92.1, R10.11, R10.12, R10.13 and T86.852. Deleted B20, K50.018, K50.111, K50.818, K50.918, K51.018, K51.218, K51.318, K51.518, and K51.818.

Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 3: Codes added R41.82 and R50.9. Deleted B00.1. Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 4: Codes deleted E10.69, E11.69, and E13.69.

Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 5: Codes added O98.711, O98.712, and O98.713. Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 6: Paragraph added verbiage “For testing in POS other than POS 21 or 23” to beginning of second sentence and “(once per transplant)” to third sentence.

Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 6: Codes added E08.43, E10.43, E11.43, and E13.43. Deleted A37.00, A37.01, A37.10, A37.11, A37.80, A37.81, A37.90, A37.91, A41.81, A41.89, A41.9, A48.1, A48.2, B25.0, B25.1, B25.2, B25.8, B33.23, B33.24, B59, B97.21, B97.29, D80.7, J05.0, J12.0, J12.2, J12.3, J12.81, J12.82, J12.89, J12.9, J13, J15.0, J15.1, J15.20, J15.211, J15.212, J15.29, J15.3, J15.4, J15.7, J15.8, J15.9, J16.0, J16.8, J18.1, J20.0, J20.1, J20.2, J20.3, J20.4, J20.5, J20.6, J20.8, J20.9, J21.9, J22, J44.0, J44.1, J45.31, J45.32, J45.41, J45.42, J45.51, J45.52, J45.901, J45.902, J84.116, J84.117, J84.2, J85.0, J85.1, J85.2, J85.3, R65.20, R65.21, R78.81, T86.33, and T86.812.

Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 7: Paragraph added verbiage “For testing in POS other than POS 21 or 23” to beginning of second sentence and “(once per transplant)” to third sentence.

Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 7: Codes deleted A00.0, A00.1, A00.9, A01.00, A01.09, A01.1, A01.2, A01.3, A02.0, A02.1, A02.8, A03.0, A03.1, A03.2, A03.3, A03.8, A04.0, A04.1, A04.2, A04.3, A04.5, A04.6, A04.71, A04.72, A04.8, A04.9, A05.0, A05.1, A05.2, A05.3, A05.4, A05.5, A06.0, A06.1, A06.2, A07.1, A07.2, A07.4, A08.0, A08.11, A08.19, A08.2, A08.31, A08.32, A08.39, A08.8, A09, A32.11, A32.12, A32.7, A41.50, A41.51, A41.52, A41.53, A41.59, A41.81, A41.89, A41.9, B25.0, B25.8, D80.7, K50.014, K50.114, K50.814, K50.914. K51.014, K51.214, K51.314, K51.414, K51.514, K51.814, K51.914, K52.1, K56.0, K92.1, M31.19, R10.0, R10.11, R10.12, R10.13, R10.31, R10.32, R10.33, R10.811, R10.812, R10.813, R10.814, R10.815, R10.817, R10.821, R10.822, R10.823, R10.824, R10.825, R10.826, R10.827, R10.829, R10.84, R19.5, R19.7, R50.9, R65.20, R65.21, R78.81, and T86.852.

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Last Updated Mar 30 , 2022