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AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2022 Issue 4; For Your Information
New PLA Codes
New Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) codes effective October 1, 2022CPT Code
Long Descriptor
Effective Date
0332U
Oncology (pan-tumor), genetic profiling of 8 DNAregulatory (epigenetic) markers by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), whole blood, reported as a high or low probability of responding to immune checkpoint–inhibitor therapy
October 1, 2022
0333U
Oncology (liver), surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in high-risk patients, analysis of methylation patterns on circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) plus measurement of serum of AFP/AFP-L3 and oncoprotein des-gammacarboxy-prothrombin (DCP), algorithm reported as normal or abnormal result
October 1, 2022
0334U
Oncology (solid organ), targeted genomic sequence analysis, formalin-fixed...
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