tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 36

CPT 2008: You May See Money For Substance Abuse Counseling

But will Medicare actually pay for these new codes?Good news: If your doctor goes the extra mile to keep in touch with patients between office visits, you could soon have a way to get paid for that effort. The new CPT codes for 2008 haven't started trickling out yet. But experts say that some new evaluation and management codes could take effect in January. These would include:• four new codes for "Behavioral Change Intervention." You would use these for things such as smoking/tobacco-use cessation and also if your doctor counsels patients on alcohol/substance abuse. • ...

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