Add two health risk assessment codes to your inventory in 2017

Why This Topic Matters

The article helps readers understand a yearly CPT change that affects how health risk assessment services are categorized and reported. It is useful for maintaining current code inventories, aligning documentation workflows, and recognizing when related assessment services are addressed in the same general policy discussion.

Article Sections

1. New CPT health risk assessment codes

   Introduces the updated reporting framework for health risk assessments and identifies the general move into a different CPT section.

2. Payment and guidance context

   Summarizes the broader reimbursement context and the type of CPT guidance discussed for these assessment services.

3. Example and related screening discussion

   Provides a practice scenario involving a caregiver assessment and discusses how the article situates the topic among other standardized screening services.