SPECIAL BULLETIN COVID-19 #132 Available

The NC Division of Health Benefits (DHB) has recently published a Medicaid Bulletin article related to COVID-19:

SPECIAL BULLETIN COVID-19 #132: Laboratory Codes for Coronavirus (COVID-19) Testing

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association have released a CPT code for an antigen test designed to detect proteins from the virus that causes COVID-19 in respiratory specimens. NC Medicaid is adding this CPT code to NCTracks for medically necessary laboratory testing effective Sept. 1, 2020. More Information

All bulletin articles, including those related to COVID-19, are available on the DHB's Medicaid Bulletin webpage.