MDS FISH Final LCD -Effective June 3, 2019
May 2, 2019The following Local Coverage Determination (LCD) has completed the Open Public and Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC) comment period and is now finalized under contractor numbers 02102 (AK), 02202 (ID), 02302 (OR), 02402 (WA), 03102 (AZ), 03202 (MT), 03302 (ND), 03402 (SD), 03502 (UT) and 03602 (WY). Responses to comments received may be found as a link at the bottom of the final LCD.
Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) Number/Contractor Determination Number: L37622
LCD Title: MolDX: MDS FISH
Effective Date: June 3, 2019
Summary of LCD: This policy provides coverage for indicated fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) probes for patients whose bone marrow examination is suggestive of myelodysplasia (MDS) and who have an inadequate cytogenetic assessment by conventional karyotyping.