Coverage and Coding Policies

Coding for Medicaid patients

When submitting lab orders, you must provide ICD-10 codes that indicate the patient’s condition or the reasons for ordering the test. If those reasons are not considered medically necessary by Medicaid, coverage may be denied. Quest can help.

Understand Medicare coverage

Navigating the complexities of Medicare limited coverage policies (MLCPs) can be challenging, but Quest is here to help. Review MLCPs for certain lab tests in our coding and coverage guides.