tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 7

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• You'll have five lab services that you'll be able to report as "CLIA-waived," thanks to a Feb. 5 MLN Matters article on this topic. According to MLN Matters article MM6800, CMS will now consider these five tests CLIA-waived. You'll have to append modifier QW (CLIA-waived test) to these codes, which include the following: • Inverness Medical Innovations Signify ER Drug Screen (80101 or G0430) • Germaine Laboratories AimStep Immunological Fecal Occult Blood Test (iFOBT) (82274 or G0328) • Siemens Clinitek 50 Urine Chemistry Analyzer (81003, 82044, or 82570) • CLIA-waived inc Rapid Strep A Test (87880) &bull...

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