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L2 — Not payable to the lab director

Not payable to lab director

This service isn't payable to a physician acting as a medical laboratory director.

What to do: Check who should bill it; if it belongs to the laboratory, the lab bills it, not the director.

Code
L2
Description
Not payable to the lab director

Explanation

Updated October 26, 2026

L2 means this service isn't payable to the medical laboratory director. Check who should bill it.

What it means

L2 means the service billed is not payable to a physician acting as a medical laboratory director.

How to fix it

  1. Check whether the service is one a laboratory director may bill.
  2. If the service belongs to the laboratory, it is billed by the lab, not by the director.
  3. If you believe the decision is wrong, send a Remittance Advice Inquiry (RAI) through eSubmit, or on form 0918-84, within 7 months of the RA date, with supporting details.

Don't resubmit if

  • The line is already on your RA. Question it with an RAI, not a new claim.

How APEX handles it

APEX reads your error reports and remittance advice from MCEDT and lists claims rejected with this code in its Correction Centre for you to correct and resubmit. See how APEX works · Pricing

Related codes: L4, L9

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