Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing (A58726) - R11 - Effective October 01, 2023

This coverage article has been revised and published for notice under contract numbers: 02102 (AK), 02202 (ID), 02302 (OR), 02402 (WA), 03102 (AZ), 03202 (MT), 03302 (ND), 03402 (SD), 03502 (UT), and 03602 (WY).

Effective Date: October 01, 2023

Summary of Article Changes: Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 1: Codes added J15.61 and J15.69. Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 2: Codes added K35.200, K35.201, K35.209, K35.210, K35.211, K35.219, K63.8211, K63.8212, K63.8219, K63.822, and K63.829. Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 4: Codes added A41.54 and B96.83. Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity Group 6: Codes added J44.81 and J44.89. This revision is due to the Annual ICD-10-CM Update and will become effective on 10/1/2023.

Under Article Text revised the 4th bullet 2nd sentence to add "and a TA. If an existing CPT® code does not identify the service, it requires the use of CPT® code 87999". Deleted the 3rd and 4th sentences. Revised the 7th and 10th bullets to remove "DEX Z-Code™" and replaced with "DEX Z-Code®". This revision is effective on 10/1/2023.

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Last Updated Aug 25 , 2023