Medicare announced a new HCPCS Level II code for supplying nonprescription, self-administered COVID-19 tests. This code is now available on Codify by AAPC: K1034 Provision of COVID-19 test, nonprescription self-administered and self-collected use, FDA approved, authorized or cleared, one test count.
The effective date of K1034 is April 4, 2022. “Starting April 4, 2022, and through the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), Medicare covers and pays for over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 tests at no cost to people with Medicare Part B, including those with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans,” according to Medicare’s Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Test Demonstration page.