tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2008 Issue 2

Clip and Save: Let DAST Guide Your Counseling Claims

Use this list to ensure physician conducts a -structured screening- When your ED physician conducts an alcohol/ substance abuse screening in 2008, you-ll have two new codes to choose from to account for the service. With the new counseling codes 99408 and 99409, "doctors will now be able to assess their patients- drug and alcohol use -- as they already do for diabetes and obesity -- and work to prevent, reduce and treat those with substance abuse disorders," said White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) deputy director Bertha Madras in a press release.What to...

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