The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) regulations require a facility to be appropriately certified for each test performed. To ensure that Medicare and Medicaid only pay for laboratory tests categorized as waived complexity under CLIA in facilities with a CLIA certificate of waiver, laboratory claims are currently edited at the CLIA certificate level.
Listed below are the latest tests, effective October 01, 2004.
| CPT Code/Modifier | Effective Date | Description |
| 86318QW | 3-23-2004 | Acon® H. pylori Test Device |
| 82010QW, 82962 | 4-15-2004 | Abbott Medisense Precision Xtra Advanced Diabetes Management System (K040814) |
| 85018QW | 5-4-2004 | HemoCue Hemoglobin 201+/HemoCue Hemoglobin Microcuvette System |
| 83001QW | 5-11-2004 | Synova Healthcare MenocheckPro (Professional Use) |
| 82274QW, G0328QW | 5-26-2004 | Beckman Coulter Hemoccult ICT |
| 87804QW | 2-6-2004 | Quidel Quickvue Influenza A+B Test |
| 87880QW | 4-15-2004 | DE Healthcare Products TruView Strep A Cassette Test |
| 87880QW | 6-4-2004 | Polymedco Poly Stat Strep A Liquid Test |
| 84450QW | 6-18-2004 | Cholestech LDX (Whole Blood) |
| 87880QW | 6-28-2004 | Immunostics Detector Strep A Direct |
| 83001QW | 6-28-2004 | Acon Laboratories, Inc. FSH Menopause Predictor Test |
| 85018QW | 6-30-2004 | HemoCue Hemoglobin 201+ (Capillary, Venous, Arterial Whole Blood) |
| 82465QW, 83718 QW, 84478 QW, 80061QW | 7-9-2004 | Piccolo Point of Care Chemistry Analyzer (Lipid Panel Reagent Disc) (Whole Blood) |
| 87880QW | 7-15-2004 | Genzyme OSOM Ultra Strep A Test |
| 80101QW | 8-24-2004 | Accu-Stat Drugs of Abuse Home Test for Marijuana (THC) and Cocaine (COC) |
| 80101QW | 8-24-2004 | Accu-Stat Drugs of Abuse Home Test for Marijuana (THC) |
CLIA has approved new waived code, 84450QW, for the aspartate aminotransferase (AST) test performed on the Cholestech LDX (Whole Blood) test system effective January 03, 2005.
