AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 5 (May)

Coding Communication: Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Alcohol and Substance Abuse (Other Than Tobacco) (May 2008)

May 2008 pages 3-4 Coding Communication:Coding Communication: Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Alcohol and Substance Abuse (Other Than Tobacco) Note: This article has been corrected. Please see the corrected article here. Screening and Brief Intervention: What Is It? Screening and brief intervention (SBI) for alcohol and substance abuse is a technique used to identify, and intervene with, people who use alcohol or drugs in a harmful or hazardous way and are at risk for substance use-related problems or injuries. The goal of SBI is to have sites of care, such as trauma centers, hospital emergency departments, ambulatory medical...

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