regulatory
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.60
Lucid advances EsoGuard/EsoCheck Medicare coding, payment backing from CMS, AMA, CDC
Lucid Diagnostics Inc.
- CMS Advisory Panel recommends keeping EsoGuard's original gapfill payment basis (PLA code 0114U); final determinations due in November.
- AMA CPT Editorial Panel approves new Category III CPT code for non-endoscopic esophageal cell collection with EsoCheck.
- CDC/NCHS ICD-10 committee favorably receives proposed code R85.83 for positive EsoGuard results.
- Texas lab will begin submitting Medicare claims under 0114U this month; California lab to follow once revised LCD is effective.