DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2017 Issue 6 (June)

How to bill cognitive assessment G0505 and CCM services simultaneously

Question: In the 2017 Medicare physician fee schedule, CMS specifically mentions that the newly billable G0505 (Cognition and functional assessment) could be billed with chronic care management, transitional care management and other services. Under what circumstances would you legitimately bill CCM (99490) with G0505? Also, since both codes call for a plan of care, can you do that once for both services, or must you do two separate plans?

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