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Additional Laboratory Codes to be Billed with Modifier QW

May 1, 2009

Effective for dates of service on or after May 1, 2009, the following CPT-4 codes can be billed with modifier QW (CLIA waived test), indicating that the provider has a current CLIA Certificate of Waiver on file with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Laboratory Field Services and Medi-Cal Provider Enrollment Division and is using a CLIA-approved test kit:

  • 80047
  • 80048
  • 80051
  • 80053
  • 80178
  • 82042
  • 82150
  • 82247
  • 82310
  • 82330
  • 82374
  • 82435
  • 82565
  • 82977
  • 83520
  • 83655
  • 83721
  • 83880
  • 84075
  • 84132
  • 84157
  • 84295
  • 84520
  • 84550
  • 87807
  • 87809
  • 87899

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