The Quarterly Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment contains a new series of PLA codes that are effective July 1, 2024. The following table contains the codes and long descriptors. Notify your staff of these updates. For a full list of the codes and other info on the Update, please review the transmittal link.
| CPT Code | Long Descriptor | TOS |
| 0450U | Oncology (multiple myeloma), liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LCMS/MS), monoclonal paraprotein sequencing analysis, serum, results reported as baseline presence or absence of detectable clonotypic peptides | 5 |
| 0451U | Oncology (multiple myeloma), LCMS/MS, peptide ion quantification, serum, results compared with baseline to determine monoclonal paraprotein abundanc | 5 |
| 0452U | Oncology (bladder), methylated PENK DNA detection by linear target enrichment-quantitative methylationspecific real-time PCR (LTE-qMSP), urine, reported as likelihood of bladder cancer | 5 |
| 0453U | Oncology (colorectal cancer), cellfree DNA (cfDNA), methylationbased quantitative PCR assay (SEPTIN9, IKZF1, BCAT1, Septin9-2, VAV3, BCAN), plasma, reported as presence or absence of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) | 5 |
| 0454U | Rare diseases (constitutional/heritable disorders), identification of copy number variations, inversions, insertions, translocations, and other structural variants by optical genome mapping | 5 |
| 0455U | Infectious agents (sexually transmitted infection), Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis, multiplex amplified probe technique, vaginal, endocervical, gynecological specimens, oropharyngeal swabs, rectal swabs, female or male urine, each pathogen reported as detected or not detected | 5 |
| 0456U | Autoimmune (rheumatoid arthritis), next-generation sequencing (NGS), gene expression testing of 19 genes, whole blood, with analysis of anticyclic citrullinated peptides (CCP) levels, combined with sex, patient global assessment, and body mass index (BMI), algorithm reported as a score that predicts nonresponse to tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) therapy | 5 |
| 0457U | Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) (eg, perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid), 9 PFAS compounds by LC-MS/MS, plasma or serum, quantitative | 5 |
| 0458U | Oncology (breast cancer), S100A8 and S100A9, by enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), tear fluid with age, algorithm reported as a risk score | 5 4 |
| 0459U | β-amyloid (Abeta42) and total tau (tTau), electrochemiluminescent immunoassay (ECLIA), cerebral spinal fluid, ratio reported as positive or negative for amyloid pathology | 5 |
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https://www.cms.gov/files/document/r12657cp.pdf
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