CLIA Waived Tests Update
- By admin aapc
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- September 10, 2010
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New Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) waived tests approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were released Aug 27.
The CPT® codes for the following new tests must have the modifier QW CLIA waived test to be recognized as such (with the exception of code 82962).
| CPT® Code | Effective Date | Description |
| G0430QW | Jan. 1 | Noble medical Inc. Split-Specimen Cup |
| 82274QW, G0328QW | March 1 | Inverness Medical Clearview iFOBT Complete Fecal Occult Blood Test |
| 82010QW, 82962 (no QW modifier needed) |
March 2 | Nova Biomedical Nova Max Plus Glucose and B-Ketone Monitoring System |
| 83986QW | April 15 | Common Sense Ltd. VS-Sense Test{qualitative} |
| 85610QW | April 15 | CoaguSense Self-Test Prothrombin Time/INR Monitoring System (Prescription Home Use) |
| G0430QW | April 21 | Redwood Toxicology Laboratory, Inc Reditest Freedom Cup |
| G0430QW | April 21 | Noble Medical Inc. NOBLE 1 Step Cup {OTC} |
| G0430QW | April 30 | Express Diagnostics, DrugCheck Waive Cup |
| G0430QW | April 30 | Express Diagnostics International Inc. DrugCheck Waive Multiple Drug Screen Cups |
| 81003QW | June 3 | Cole-Talyor Marketing Inc. CTI-120 Urine Strip Analyzer |
Note that Medicare contractors will not search their files to either retract payment for claims already paid or to retroactively pay claims processed prior to implementation of these changes. They will, however, adjust such claims you bring to their attention.
Source: MLN Matters article MM7084
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