AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2012 Issue 1; FOR your INFORMATION

New Code for Behavioral Counseling for Obesity

HCPCS code G0447, Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes, was created effective for dates of service on or after November 29, 2011. This service should be reported for Medicare beneficiaries with obesity.  Beneficiaries must be considered competent and alert when the counseling is provided and the counseling must be provided by a qualified primary care physician or other primary care practitioner.  HCPCS code G0449, which was previously used to report obesity screening, has been deleted effective November 29, 2011. CMS will provide additional coding and billing instructions for this new counseling code in a future Change...

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