tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 17

Reader Questions: 1005F Won't Bring You Any Income

Question: One of our physicians monitors our asthma patients with an asthma control test. We have done some research and found the code "1005F" which appears to apply to this service. Can you tell me if this is a billable code?Answer: CPT® introduced code Category II code 1005F (Asthma symptoms evaluated [includes physician documentation of numeric frequency of symptoms or patient completion of an asthma assessment tool/survey/questionnaire) in 2006, but you won't collect for it. The code is marked with the status code "M," which means, "measurement codes, used for reporting purposes only" according to the Medicare...

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