Part B Coverage: Medicare to Cover Tobacco Cessation Counseling for All Smoking Beneficiaries

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Article Overview

This article covers a Medicare coverage announcement expanding access to tobacco cessation counseling for beneficiaries who use tobacco. It discusses the policy context, the affected Medicare coverage areas, the type of practitioners involved, and the general scope of the newly announced benefit. The article is relevant to physicians, coders, compliance staff, and other billing professionals tracking preventive service coverage changes.

Why This Topic Matters

Coverage changes can affect whether tobacco cessation counseling is payable, how services are documented, and how providers and billing teams understand preventive care benefits under Medicare.

What You Will Learn

  • The scope of a Medicare coverage expansion for tobacco cessation counseling
  • How the announcement relates to preventive care coverage policy
  • Which Medicare coverage parts are discussed in the article
  • Who may provide the counseling under the expanded benefit
  • Why the change matters for physicians and billing professionals

Who Should Read This

  • Physicians
  • Medical coders
  • Billing professionals
  • Compliance staff
  • Practice managers

Codes Discussed

  • CPT: 99406
  • CPT: 99407

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