AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 5 (May)

Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention (May 2005)

May 2005 pages 1-2 Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention Health and behavior assessment procedures are services provided to patients who present with established illness or symptoms. The difficulties associated with an acute or chronic illness can be devastating, and these patients may benefit from evaluations that focus on the biopsychosocial factors affecting physical health problems and treatments. Typically, the specific interventions may include discussion of health-promoting behaviors, symptom management and expression, and the provision of assistance with adherence to medical treatments. Codes 96150-96155 were added to the CPT codebook in 2002 to provide a mechanism for reporting interventions used to...

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