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Adjudication of Laboratory Tests that are Excluded from Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) Edits

This Change Request instructs contractors to remove from CLIA editing all laboratory tests (and/or their components) that are included on the list of HCPCS codes in the 80000 series that are excluded from CLIA edits list.

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: April 22, 2011

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