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LCD, Billing and Coding Article Updates for April and May 2023

Billing and Coding Article (A56937): Psychiatry and Psychology Services

Removed sentence from article text section - “For psychotherapy sessions lasting 90 minutes or longer, the appropriate prolonged service code should be used (99354-99357).” These codes were end-dated 12/31/2022 and prolonged service codes are no longer valid for psychotherapy sessions.

Draft Local Coverage Determination (DL36037) Urine Drug Testing and related draft Billing and Coding Article (A56761): Urine Drug Testing

Draft Local Coverage Determination (DL36037) Urine Drug Testing and related draft Billing and Coding Article (A56761): Urine Drug Testing have been retired.

Billing and Coding: Genomic Sequence Analysis Panels in the Treatment of Solid Organ Neoplasms (A56827)

Added CPT code 0250U to the "ICD-10-CM Codes that Support Medical Necessity" section- Group 3, effective for services rendered on or after 4/1/2022.

Posted 4/21/2023