NCD Edits

CMS has released the July 2005 update to its Medicare National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) Manual for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Services. This update revises a number of the lab NCDs include:

• Thyroid Testing: 84436, 84439, 84443, 84479 added ICD-9 code 733.02
• Tumor Antigen by Immunoassay CA 19-9: 86301 added ICD-9 codes 156.0 and 156.2
• Hepatitis Panel: 80074 deleted ICD-9 code 784.69
• Tumor Antigen by Immunoassay CA 125: 86304 added ICD-9 Code 789.39
• Blood Counts: 85004,85007,85008,85013,85014,85018,85025,85027,85032,85048,85049 added ICD-9 codes V77.1, V81.0, V81.1 and V81.2