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2017 Consolidated Laboratory Fee Schedule Update
Connecticut Medicaid (HUSKY Health)·CT · Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pain Management +1 more·Reimbursement
Effective date
Jan 1, 2017
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
Connecticut Medicaid (HUSKY Health) is updating their laboratory fee schedule for 2017, replacing three presumptive urine drug testing codes (G0477, G0478, G0479) with new CPT codes (80305, 80306, 80307) and adding new molecular pathology codes that require prior authorization.
Action Required
By January 1, 2017: Billing team must stop using discontinued drug testing codes G0477, G0478, and G0479. Replace with new CPT codes 80305, 80306, and 80307 for presumptive urine drug testing. Update billing system to require prior authorization for new molecular pathology codes 81413, 81414, and 81439. Download updated fee schedule from www.ctdssmap.com before billing. Contact CHNCT for prior authorization before providing molecular pathology services or claims will be denied.