AdministrativeAnthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield | CommercialMarch 31, 2023

Genetic testing CPT code list update for Carelon Medical Benefits Management (formerly AIM Specialty Health)

Effective for dates of service on and after July 1, 2023, the following codes will require prior authorization through Carelon Medical Benefits Management (formerly AIM Specialty Health®).*

CPT® code

Description

81309

PIK3CA (phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-biphosphate 3-kinase, catalytic subunit alpha) (for example, ectal and breast cancer) gene analysis, targeted sequence analysis (for example, exons 7, 9, 20)

81335

TPMT (thiopurine S-methyltransferase) (for example, drug metabolism), gene analysis, common variants (for example, *2, *3)

81405

Molecular pathology procedure, Level 6 (for example, analysis of 6-10 exons by DNA sequence analysis, mutation scanning or duplication/deletion variants of 11-25 exons, regionally targeted cytogenomic array analysis) ABCD1 (ATP-binding cassette, sub-family D ALD, member 1) (for example, adrenoleukodystrophy), etc.

81406

Molecular pathology procedure, Level 7 (for example, analysis of 11-25 exons by DNA sequence analysis, mutation scanning or duplication/deletion variants of 26-50 exons) ACADVL (acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, very long chain) (for example, very long chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency), etc.

0333U

Oncology (liver), surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in high-risk patients, analysis of methylation patterns on circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) plus measurement of serum of AFP/AFP-L3 and oncoprotein des-gamma-carboxy-prothrombin (DCP), algorithm reported as normal or abnormal result

0336U

Rare diseases (constitutional/heritable disorders), whole genome sequence analysis, including small sequence changes, copy number variants, deletions, duplications, mobile element insertions, uniparental disomy (UPD), inversions, aneuploidy, mitochondrial genome sequence analysis with heteroplasmy and large deletions, short tandem repeat (STR) gene expansions, blood or saliva, identification and categorization of genetic variants, each comparator genome (for example, parent)

0339U

Oncology (prostate), mRNA expression profiling of HOXC6 and DLX1, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), first-void urine following digital rectal examination, algorithm reported as probability of high-grade cancer

0340U

Oncology (pan-cancer), analysis of minimal residual disease (MRD) from plasma, with assays personalized to each patient based on prior next-generation sequencing of the patient's tumor and germline DNA, reported as absence or presence of MRD, with disease-burden correlation, if appropriate

0343U

Oncology (prostate), exosome-based analysis of 442 small noncoding RNAs (sncRNAs) by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), urine, reported as molecular evidence of no-, low-, intermediate- or high-risk of prostate cancer

0345U

Psychiatry (for example, depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD), genomic analysis panel, variant analysis of 15 genes, including deletion/duplication analysis of CYP2D6

0347U

Drug metabolism or processing (multiple conditions), whole blood or buccal specimen, DNA analysis, 16 gene report, with variant analysis and reported phenotypes

0348U

Drug metabolism or processing (multiple conditions), whole blood or buccal specimen, DNA analysis, 25 gene report, with variant analysis and reported phenotypes

0349U

Drug metabolism or processing (multiple conditions), whole blood or buccal specimen, DNA analysis, 27 gene report, with variant analysis, including reported phenotypes and impacted gene-drug interactions

0350U

Drug metabolism or processing (multiple conditions), whole blood or buccal specimen, DNA analysis, 27 gene report, with variant analysis and reported phenotypes

As a reminder, ordering and servicing providers may submit prior authorization requests for Commercial consumers to Carelon in one of several ways:

  • Access Carelon’s ProviderPortalSM directly at providerportal.com:
    • Online access is available 24/7 to process orders in real-time and is the fastest and most convenient way to request authorization.

If you have questions related to guidelines, please contact Carelon via email at MedicalBenefitsManagement.guidelines@carelon.com. Additionally, you may access and download a copy of the current and upcoming guidelines here.

* Carelon Medical Benefits Management, Inc. is an independent company providing utilization management services on behalf of the health plan.

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PUBLICATIONS: April 2023 Provider News - Virginia