Drug Screen Testing for Feb. 2015

CPT lists coding for presumptive drug class screening in addition to individual definitive drug testing codes. Therefore, effective with dates of service on or after May 1, 2015, based on HCPCS instructions to refer to CPT for alternate codes, HCPCS codes G0431 (drug screen, qualitative) and G0434 (drug screen, other than chromatographic) will not be eligible for reimbursement. The Drug Screen Testing policy will be updated to reflect these changes and codes G0431 and G0434 will also be added to section 1 of the Bundled Services policy. (Please refer to CPT codes 80047-89398 for alternate coding).