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August 2015

CMS adds 10 new CPT codes

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has added 10 new Common Procedure Terminology codes, commonly known as CPT codes, in the category of “Pathology and Laboratory Multianalyte Assays with Algorithmic Analyses.”

The new codes are listed below, and none are covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield at this time:

Code

Change

Coverage comments

Effective date

81490

Added

Not covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Jan. 1, 2016

81493

Added

Not covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Jan. 1, 2016

81525

Added

Not covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Jan. 1, 2016

81528

Added

Not covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Jan. 1, 2016

81535

Added

Not covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Jan. 1, 2016

81536

Added

Not covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Jan. 1, 2016

81538

Added

Not covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Jan. 1, 2016

81540

Added

Not covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Jan. 1, 2016

81545

Added

Not covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Jan. 1, 2016

81595

Added

Not covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Jan. 1, 2016
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