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CPT procedure code

81479

Medicare payment

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No national Medicare fee schedule we hold prices 81479 — the Physician Fee Schedule lists it with status indicator X (2026 file). CMS fee schedules ↗

Code definition

Code

81479

Code system

CPT (Current Procedural Terminology)

This CPT code is not in our curated reference. CPT codes are maintained by the American Medical Association (AMA). Full descriptions require an AMA license.

Category

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Short description sourced from CMS publicly available fee schedule data. Full CPT descriptions are copyright AMA. Not a substitute for the official CPT codebook.

Policy activity for CPT 81479

CLV Intelligence is tracking 40+ policy changes that cite CPT 81479 between 2026-06-05 and 2026-08-27, drawn from 29 LCD/NCD coverage updates, 7 proposed LCDs and 4 MAC LCD revisions. The changes span Cardiology, Clinical Laboratory, Dermatology and Endocrinology, and 6 more. 40 are flagged critical or high priority.

LCD/NCD coverage updates: 29
proposed LCDs: 7
MAC LCD revisions: 4

Counts reflect the source documents CLV has matched to CPT 81479 to date; each links to the government publication that is authoritative. Monitored daily from CMS, the Federal Register, and Medicare Administrative Contractor publications.

Policy changes matched to 81479

Matched to this code by CLV analysis of each policy. The linked source document is authoritative.

Proposed LCD DL40431: MolDX: Genome-Wide Molecular Methodologies for the Detection of Copy Number Alterations and Structural Variants in Hematologic Neoplasms — CGS

Oncology · LCD-DL40431

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Critical

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Proposed LCD DL40411: MolDX: Genome-Wide Molecular Methodologies for the Detection of Copy Number Alterations and Structural Variants in Hematologic Neoplasms — Noridian

Oncology · LCD-DL40411

Government source· CMS / MACverify ↗

Critical

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LCD L38586: MolDX: Prognostic and Predictive Molecular Classifiers for Bladder Cancer — CGS Administrators

Oncology · LCD-L38586

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High

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Proposed LCD DL40407: MolDX: Genome-Wide Molecular Methodologies for the Detection of Copy Number Alterations and Structural Variants in Hematologic Neoplasms — Palmetto GBA

Oncology · LCD-DL40407

Government source· CMS / MACverify ↗

Critical

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LCD L39650: MolDX: Molecular Testing for Risk Stratification of Thyroid Nodules — CGS Administrators

Outpatient · LCD-L39650

Government source· CMS / MACverify ↗

High

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LCD L39614: MolDX: Molecular Biomarker Testing for Risk Stratification of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma — WPS

Oncology · LCD-L39614

Government source· CMS / MACverify ↗

High

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LCD L39938: MolDX: Genetic Testing for Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease — CGS

Cardiology · LCD-L39938

Government source· CMS / MACverify ↗

High

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Proposed LCD DL40451: MolDX: Next-Generation Sequencing for Hematologic Malignancies and Suspected Hematologic Malignancies — CGS

Oncology · LCD-DL40451

Government source· CMS / MACverify ↗

Critical

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Proposed LCD DL40427: MolDX: Next-Generation Sequencing for Hematologic Malignancies and Suspected Hematologic Malignancies — Noridian

Oncology · LCD-DL40427

Government source· CMS / MACverify ↗

Critical

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Proposed LCD DL40425: MolDX: Next-Generation Sequencing for Hematologic Malignancies and Suspected Hematologic Malignancies — Palmetto GBA

Oncology · LCD-DL40425

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Critical

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