Documentation requirements
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, §1833(e) prohibits Medicare payment for any claim which lacks the necessary information to process the claim.
To report an FDA approved or laboratory developed test (LDT) BRAF V600 test kit service, please submit the following claim information:
- Loop 2400 or SV101-7 for the 5010A1 837P
- Box 19 for paper claim
- Enter the appropriate DEX Z-Code™ identifier adjacent to the CPT® code in the comment/narrative field for the following Part A claim field/types:
- Line SV202-7 for 837I electronic claim
- Block 80 for the UB04 claim form
- Select the appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnosis.
NOTE: MolDX will apply NPI to ID editing on FDA approved BRAF kits. All labs that submit claims for a BRAF V600 test kit MUST register the test and confirm the UNMODIFIED use of the kit. Tests may be registered on the DEX™ Diagnostics Exchange https://app.dexzcodes.com/login.
Codes in this policy
Code numbers and each code’s status as the policy records it. CPT code descriptions are left out of this page, as are the passages that cite CPT codes; the official document has them.
| Code | Code system | Status in this policy |
|---|---|---|
| 81210 | HCPCS | Covered |
| C18.0 | ICD10CM | Covered |
| C18.1 | ICD10CM | Covered |
| C18.2 | ICD10CM | Covered |
| C18.3 | ICD10CM | Covered |
| C18.4 | ICD10CM | Covered |
| C18.5 | ICD10CM | Covered |
| C18.6 | ICD10CM | Covered |
| C18.7 | ICD10CM | Covered |
| C18.8 | ICD10CM | Covered |
| C18.9 | ICD10CM | Covered |
| C19 | ICD10CM | Covered |
| C20 | ICD10CM | Covered |
| C21.0 | ICD10CM | Covered |