tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 6

Part B Coding Coach: 2 Scenarios Pinpoint the Perfect Preventive Med Counseling Code

Here's how to make diagnosis codes support your claimYou could be missing out if you don't report preventive medicine counseling codes 99401-99404 on the same day as a problem-based E/M visit when your physician counsels the patient on an unrelated issue.Crux of the problem: -Sometimes a patient comes in for preventive care/counseling without a specific problem or complaint, and we-re hesitant to code these visits correctly because we-re worried about the insurance company not paying for the service,- says Karen Green, CPC-H, OGS, coding specialist for Eau Claire Women's Care in Wisconsin. -But what we have to...

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