CDC Updates Guidance on SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing Results

COLA Inc. is engaged with the CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) in the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) to transmit their public health messages to our laboratories and affiliates. 

• Clarification on how laboratories may report sequencing results to patients and providers in compliance with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations.
• Addition of 96895-8 as the preferred LOINC code to report sequencing results by molecular genetic methods and 98062-3 as the preferred code to identify sequencing studies.