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COVID-19 Quantitative Antibody Test Added as a Medi-Cal Benefit

November 9, 2020

Effective for dates of service on or after September 8, 2020, CPT® code 86413 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2] [Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)] antibody, quantitative) is added as a Medi-Cal benefit.

CPT code 86413 may be billed with any ICD-10-CM code.

An Erroneous Payment Correction (EPC) will be processed for affected claims.

Source: https://files.medi-cal.ca.gov/pubsdoco/bulletins/artfull/fpact202010.aspx

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