S3850 HCPCS Level II Code: Genetic testing for sickle cell anemia
HCPCS Level II code, maintained by CMS. Not a CPT code: CPT (HCPCS Level I) is a separate AMA code set that MedCoder does not publish. About HCPCS Level II
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Gene test sickle cell
Source: CMS HCPCS Level II release. Coverage codes indicate how Medicare treats the code, not whether a specific claim will be paid; payer policy and documentation still govern.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of S3850 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.
Nearest codes (17)
- S3800 — Genetic testing for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S3840 — Dna analysis for germline mutations of the ret proto-oncogene for susceptibility to multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S3841 — Genetic testing for retinoblastoma[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S3842 — Genetic testing for von hippel-lindau disease[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S3844 — Dna analysis of the connexin 26 gene (gjb2) for susceptibility to congenital, profound deafness[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S3845 — Genetic testing for alpha-thalassemia[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S3846 — Genetic testing for hemoglobin e beta-thalassemia[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S3849 — Genetic testing for niemann-pick disease[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 9 more
Change history
- July 1, 2003 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
Sources for this page
Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.
- Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes Official source data
- CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — October 2026 quarterly update Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
- CMS HCPCS quarterly update files, ingested into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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MedCoder.ai. "S3850 — Genetic testing for sickle cell anemia." HCPCS Level II October 2026. https://medcoder.ai/hcpcs/code/s3850-genetic-testing-for-sickle-cell-anemia
Change history
- July 1, 2003Added to the code setGenetic testing for sickle cell anemiaHCPCS 2003 changes
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to S3850 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- S3842 — Genetic testing for von hippel-lindau disease
- S3844 — Dna analysis of the connexin 26 gene (gjb2) for susceptibility to congenital, profound deafness
- S3845 — Genetic testing for alpha-thalassemia
- S3846 — Genetic testing for hemoglobin e beta-thalassemia
- S3849 — Genetic testing for niemann-pick disease
- S3852 — Dna analysis for apoe epsilon 4 allele for susceptibility to alzheimer's disease
- S3853 — Genetic testing for myotonic muscular dystrophy
- S3854 — Gene expression profiling panel for use in the management of breast cancer treatment
- S3855 — Genetic testing for detection of mutations in the presenilin - 1 gene
- S3861 — Genetic testing, sodium channel, voltage-gated, type v, alpha subunit (scn5a) and variants for suspected brugada syndrome