tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 19

REIMBURSEMENT: Medicare Issues New Smoking Cessation Codes

But acupuncture codes won't be coveredIf you're gearing up to provide smoking-cessation counseling to Medicare beneficiaries, two new codes will prove useful.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services introduced two new smoking cessation counseling codes: G0375 (...three to 10 minutes) and G0376 (...greater than 10 minutes.) These codes are retroactive to March 22, when the smoking cessation demonstration began. The July update to the Physician Fee Schedule also adds RVUs for acupuncture codes 97810-97814, but stressed that Medicare still won't cover them. The RVUs are just there for the convenience of the community. Also, CMS...

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