81540

Medicare payment

$3,750.00

2026 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule

Source: CMS Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (2026). CMS fee schedules ↗ · PFS status indicator X

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Code definition

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 81540

CLV Intelligence is tracking 5 policy changes that cite CPT 81540 most recently on 2026-06-05, drawn from 4 LCD/NCD coverage updates and 1 proposed LCD. The changes span Clinical Laboratory and Multi-specialty. 4 are flagged critical or high priority.

LCD/NCD coverage updates

4

proposed LCD

1

Counts reflect the source documents CLV has matched to CPT 81540 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 81540

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

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