Idustry Notes: 21 Lab Tests Approved For CLIA-Waived Status
Plus: Get ready for mass immunization season.
Effective Oct. 1, you'll have a host of lab codes that you'll be able to report as "CLIA-waived," thanks to a Sept. 12 CMS transmittal on the matter.
According to Transmittal 1594, CMS will now consider 21 additional tests CLIA-waived. You'll have to append modifier QW (CLIA-waived test) to these codes, which include the following, among others:
• 83520 -- Immunoassay, analyte, quantitative; not otherwise specified
• 87880 -- Infectious agent detection by immunoas say with direct optical observation; Streptococcus, group A
• 89300 -- Semen analysis; presence and/or motility of...
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