Exam Eligibility USPSTF 2022 Guidelines:

You may have questions like, “Am I eligible for a lung cancer screening”, although it may be a little confusing, we are here to help you navigate everything without the stress and headache of doing it alone.

The US Preventive Services Task Force recently updated the eligibility guidelines for lung cancer screening to the following:

  • Individuals between the ages of 50 and 80 years
  • Individuals who are currently smoking or have quit within the past 15 years. Screening should be discontinued once the individual has not smoked for 15 years.
  • History of at least 20 “pack years” of smoking. (A pack year equals the number of packs smoked per day times the number of years the patient smoked; two packs a day for 10 years equals 20 pack years.

However, Medicare and Medicaid coverage guidelines for lung cancer screening remain (as of 9 March 2021) as:

  • 55-77 year-olds
  • Smoked within the past 15 years
  • 20 pack-years