The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated its list of clinical laboratory tests approved by the Food & Drug Administration as waived tests under CLIA (the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments). The CPT codes for the following tests must have the modifier QW to be recognized as a waived test, effective April 1, 2007:

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