About this policy
The information in this article contains billing, coding or other guidelines that complement the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for MolDX: Non-Next Generation Sequencing Tests for the Diagnosis of BCR-ABL Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms DL40022. Tests performed by next generation sequencing (NGS) must demonstrate compliance with L38176 MolDX: Next-Generation Sequencing Lab-Developed Tests for Myeloid Malignancies and Suspected Myeloid Malignancies and its accompanying billing and coding article, A57878 Billing and Coding: MolDX: Next-Generation Sequencing Lab-Developed Tests for Myeloid Malignancies and Suspected Myeloid Malignancies. See also the following Relevant Articles: A57880 Billing and Coding: MolDX: Testing of Multiple Genes, A55197 Billing and Coding: MolDX: Targeted and Comprehensive Genomic Profile Next-Generation Sequencing Testing in Cancer, and A55233 Billing and Coding: MolDX: BCR-ABL. NOTES: The performance of a multi-gene panel test by NGS or any other method (including multiplex PCR) must be billed as a panel test. A panel is a single unit of service and cannot be unbundled into individual Testing of individual genes by a non-NGS method (i.e. single-gene PCR) in a sequential and reflexive manner is compliant with policy, if all LCD criteria are met. As noted in the LCD, this approach may be followed by an NGS panel test in select circumstances according to the specific criteria outlined therein. The unit of service for each of the CPT/PLA codes listed below is limited to once per lifetime for a given diagnosis. It is also not appropriate to bill the single gene tests sequentially and a non-NGS panel for the same intended use. Billing for BCR-ABL testing must comply with A55233, Billing and Coding: MolDX: BCR-ABL. To report a service for Non-Next Generation Sequencing Tests for the Diagnosis of BCR-ABL Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, please submit the following claim information: Select appropriate CPT ® code Enter 1 unit of service (UOS) Enter the appropriate DEX Z-Code ® identifier adjacent to the CPT ® code in the comment/narrative field for the following Part B claim field/types: 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 code NOTE: When entering the DEX Z-Code ® on the SV101-7 documentation field for Part B claims please do not add additional characters and/or information on the line.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0027U | HCPCS | Covered |
| 0040U | HCPCS | Covered |
| 81206 | HCPCS | Covered |
| 81207 | HCPCS | Covered |
| 81208 | HCPCS | Covered |
| 81219 | HCPCS | Covered |
| 81270 | HCPCS | Covered |
| 81279 | HCPCS | Covered |
| 81338 | HCPCS | Covered |
| 81339 | HCPCS | Covered |
| 81479 | HCPCS | Covered |
| C94.40 | ICD10CM | Covered |
| C94.41 |