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CPT procedure code

86849

Medicare payment

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No national Medicare fee schedule we hold prices 86849 — the Physician Fee Schedule lists it with status indicator X (2026 file). CMS fee schedules ↗

Code definition

Code

86849

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 86849

CLV Intelligence is tracking 2 policy changes that cite CPT 86849 between 2026-07-23 and 2026-09-03, drawn from 2 LCD/NCD coverage updates. The changes span Clinical Laboratory and Endocrinology.

LCD/NCD coverage updates
2

Counts reflect the source documents CLV has matched to CPT 86849 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 86849

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

LCD L38968: Thyroid Nodule Molecular Testing — Wellpoint Federal

Endocrinology · LCD-L38968

Government source· CMS / MACverify ↗
Routine

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LCD L38680: MolDx: Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejection — WPS

Clinical Laboratory · LCD-L38680

Government source· CMS / MACverify ↗
Routine

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