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CARDIO InCode CPT PLA Code
CARDIO InCode CPT PLA Code.
About this update from Genincode Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n GENinCode Plc\n \n \n \n \n (\"GENinCode\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n US CPT PLA Code Granted for CARDIO inCode-SCORE (CIC-SCORE)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CPT PLA Code is key component for reimbursement from private medical insurance and Medicare\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Oxford, UK. GENinCode Plc (AIM: GENI), the genetics company focused on the prevention of cardiovascular disease (\"CVD\"), announces the Amercian Medical Asscoiation (AMA) grant of a Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) code for its CARDIO inCode-SCORE (\"CIC-SCORE\") polygenic test for the risk assessment of Coronary Heart Disease. The new code 0401U, has been approved and published by the AMA CPT Editorial Panel1 and is scheduled to become effective on July 1st 2023. \n \n \n \n \n \n A payment rate for the new code will be established for Medicare patients through the Clinical Lab Fee Schedule (CLFS) Annual Public Meeting process. GENinCode will commence discussions with Medicare and recommend an appropriate basis for establishing a national Medicare price for the\n CIC-SCORE code.\n \n \n \n \n \n CIC-SCORE is entering Early Access Programs with leading institutions in the United States over the coming months and the grant of the CPT PLA code is an important step in preparing CIC-SCORE for insurance coverage and reimbursement. The CPT Code will enable increased access to the CIC-SCORE test for patients at genetic risk of Coronary Heart Disease.\n \n \n \n \n \n The grant of the CPT PLA code follows an extensive program of work to gain California State Licensing and CLIA approval for the CIC-SCORE test at the Company's Irvine, CA Laboratory together with the clinical and analytical validation of the CIC-SCORE lab diagnostic test. CPT coding and terminology is widely used across the United States providing doctors and health care professionals with a uniform language for coding medical services and procedures to streamline reporting, increase accuracy and efficiency.\n \n \n \n \n \n CIC-SCORE is a in-vitro diagnostic test used to assess an individuals inherited (DNA) genetic risk of Coronary Heart Disease. The test is based on published clinical evidence amassed over the past 15 years and combined with traditional clinical risk provi...