Coding Information

Bill Type Codes: Contractors may specify Bill Types to help providers identify those Bill Types typically used to report this service. Absence of a Bill Type does not guarantee that the policy does not apply to that Bill Type. Complete absence of all Bill Types indicates that coverage is not influenced by Bill Type and the policy should be assumed to apply equally to all claims. CPT/HCPCS Codes: Group 1 Paragraph: N/A Group 1 CPT Codes: 82542 COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY, INCLUDES MASS SPECTROMETRY, IF PERFORMED (EG, HPLC, LC, LC/MS, LC/MS-MS, GC, GC/MS-MS, GC/MS, HPLC/MS), NON-DRUG ANALYTE(S) NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED, QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE, EACH SPECIMEN ICD-10 Codes That Are Covered ICD-10 Codes That Are Not Covered N/A

Revision History Information

Revision History Date Revision History Number Revision History Explanation 10/16/2025 R4 Revision Effective Date: 10/16/2025 CONTRACTOR INFORMATION: Added: JF contractor information This update is to consolidate JE and JF to have one unified document and policy number. 01/01/2020 R3 Updated to indicate this article is an LCD Reference Article. 01/01/2020 R2 Removed CMS National Coverage Policy references related to coverage. These are listed in the related LCD. Under Article Text section: Added ® to CPT. Removed “Select the appropriate diagnosis for the patient” from the bullets. Added 82542 to the CPT/HCPCS Codes field. Added GX to the CPT/HCPCS Modifiers field. 10/01/2019 R1 This article was converted to a Billing and Coding Article type and is to be used with its associated Local Coverage Determination. The article title was changed from "Coenzyme Q10 (Q10) Coding and Billing Guideline" to "Billing and Coding: Lab: Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)" to match the LCD title.