New CLIA-waived Tests Effective April 2019

There are 13 new CLIA-waived tests effective April 1, 2019. The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in CR11080 that these apply to facilities with a CLIA certificate of waiver.

QW is Key to CLIA Waived Test Codes

The modifier QW CLIA waived test must be appended to all but a handful of CPT codes to be recognized as a waived test. Codes not requiring the QW  are 81002, 82270, 82272, 82962, 83026, 84830, 85013, and 85651 .

The new tests are:

• 80305-QW American Screening Corporation, Inc., Precision DX Quick Cup M300
• 80305-QW American Screening Corporation, Inc., Precision DX Quick Cup M2000
• 86618-QW Quidel Sofia 2 {Fingerstick whole blood}
• 80305-QW McKesson Medical-Surgical, Mckesson Drugs of abuse PPX Test Cup
• 80305-QW Jant Pharmacal Corp. Accutest VALUPAK Drug Screen Cup
• 80305-QW McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc. McKesson Multi Panel Drugs of abuse Test Cup
• 83036-QW Alere Technologies AS, AS100 Analyzer
• 83036-QW Alere Technologies AS, Afinion 2 Analyzer
• 80305-QW American Screening LLC, Precision Plus Quick Cup Tests
• 80305-QW American Screening LLC, Precision DX Quick Cup Tests
• 87804-QW Polymedco Inc., Poly stat Flu A&B {for use with nasal and nasopharyngeal swabs}
• 87634-QW Mesa Biotech Accula (Accula RSV Test)

All the waived tests can be found in CR 11080. 

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