2021 Covid-19 coding update
The following Covid-19 coding changes are effective as of Jan. 1, 2021: REMOVE: Z20.828 should NO LONGER BE USED for possible or suspected exposure to Covid-19 for dates of service (DOS) on or after Jan. 1, 2021. Z11.52 should NO LONGER BE USED for encounter...
CMS clarifies rules for U0005 COVID add-on payment
When CMS announced its intent to reduce payments for high-throughput COVID-19 tests next year while offering providers a path to be made whole if they met new turnaround time targets, several questions arose concerning how the agency intended to monitor its new...
MolDX removes coverage for BioFire, GenMark respiratory panels
As of Oct. 1, MOLDX has updated their LCDs/Billing and Coding Articles for the Multiplex Nucleic Amplified Tests for Respiratory Panels to no longer cover the PLA codes 0098-0099U, U100U, and 0115U. These PLA codes represent respiratory panels using BioFire® or...