UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 22, 2022

BIOCARDIA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	0-21419	23-2753988
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

320 Soquel Way
Sunnyvale, California 94085

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 226-0120

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001	BCDA	The Nasdaq Capital Market
Warrant to Purchase Common Stock	BCDAW	The Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2 of this chapter) ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 22, 2022, BioCardia, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the designation of a new reimbursement code by the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the CardiAMP® Cell Therapy procedure. The new reimbursement code, designated C9782, is for a blinded procedure for New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II or III heart failure, or Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) class III or IV chronic refractory angina; transcatheter intramyocardial transplantation of autologous bone marrow cells or placebo control, autologous bone marrow harvesting and preparation for transplantation, left heart catheterization including ventriculography, all laboratory service and all imaging with or without guidance, performed in the approved investigational device exemption (IDE) study. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	BioCardia, Inc. press release dated March 22, 2022
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

BIOCARDIA, INC.

/s/ Peter Altman, Ph.D.

Peter Altman, Ph.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 22, 2022