CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM (parts 405 to 426) > PART 414—PAYMENT FOR PART B MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES > SUBPART G—Payment for New Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests (§414.500 to §414.510) > 414.502—Definitions.

414.502—Definitions.

For purposes of this subpart—
New test means any clinical diagnostic laboratory test for which a new or substantially revised Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System Code is assigned on or after January 1, 2005.
Substantially Revised Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System Code means a code for which there has been a substantive change to the definition of the test or procedure to which the code applies (such as a new analyte or a new methodology for measuring an existing analyte specific test).
[71 FR 69786, Dec. 1, 2006, as amended at 72 FR 66401, Nov. 27, 2007]