Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) March 25th 2018 Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Updates

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

March 25th 2018 LCD Updates:

• L36402                Allergy Testing
• L36466                Application of Skin Substitutes
• A55035                Billing Requirements for Application of Skin Substitutes (Part B Services Only)
• L34648                Bisphosphonate Drug Therapy
• L36356                Bone Mineral Density Studies
• A55939                Bone mineral density studies revision to the Part A and Part B LCD
• L33904                B-Scan
• L33392                Category III CPT® Codes
• L34093                Chemotherapy and Biologicals
• A54957                Corneal Hysteresis
• L33671                Diagnostic Colonoscopy
• A55937                Diagnostic Colonoscopy Coding Guidelines
• A55935                Diagnostic colonoscopy revision to the Part A and Part B LCD
• L34741                Drugs and Biologics (Non-chemotherapy)
• L34699                Human Granulocyte/Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factors
• L34525                Intra-articular Injections of Hyaluronan
• L36521                Lumbar Epidural Injections
• L36523                MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
• L36799                MolDX: GeneSight® Assay for Refractory Depression
• L37003                MolDX: HLA-DQB1*06:02 Testing for Narcolepsy
• A55176                MolDX: MCOLN1 Genetic Testing Coding and Billing Guidelines
• L36807                MolDX: Molecular Diagnostic Tests (MDT)
• A55201                MolDX: PreDx® Coding and Billing Guidelines
• L35222                Nerve Blocks for Peripheral Neuropathy
• L34436                Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS)
• L35101                Psychiatric Codes
• A55686 (retired)  Response to Comments: MolDX: AlloSure® Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Test
• A53066                Self-Administered Drug Exclusion List
• A54958                Single Chamber and Dual Chamber Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker-Billing & Coding
• A54929                Single Chamber and Dual Chamber Permanent Cardiac Pacemakers – Coding and Billing
• L35070                Speech – Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
• A54111                Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
• L34891                Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Dysphagia; Includes VitalStim^® Therapy
• L35036                Therapy and Rehabilitation Services (PT, OT)
• L34615                Visual Fields
• L36690                Wound Application of Cellular and/or Tissue Based Products (CTPs), Lower Extremities

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

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