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Billing and Coding: MolDX: Minimal Residual Disease Testing for Hematologic Cancers
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Effective: April 24, 2025
Updated: December 31, 2025
Policy Summary
MolDX covers MRD testing for specified hematologic cancers (ClonoSeq covered for ALL, MM, CLL, DLBCL, and mantle cell lymphoma) and covers established single-gene PCR MRD tests (e.g., BCR-ABL1) per guidelines. Billing requires registration with the DEX Diagnostic Exchange and submission of the assigned DEX Z-Code with claims (1 UOS); NGS multi-analyte panels use CPT 81479 with DEX Z-Code. Testing is limited to ≤1 test per 30 days and NGS-based MRD is generally limited to one episode per patient per cancer diagnosis unless there is clinical evidence of genetic change.
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Key requirements from the full policy
"ClonoSeq (Adaptive Biotechnologies) MRD testing is covered for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), multiple myeloma (MM), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), diffuse large B-cell lymp..."
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