AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 3 (March)
Coding Update: Counseling Risk Factor Reduction and Behavior Change Intervention Changes in 2016 (March 2016)
March 2016 pages 8-9 Coding Update: Counseling Risk Factor Reduction and Behavior Change Intervention Changes in 2016 In the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2016 code set, guideline revisions were made to the Counseling Risk Factor Reduction and Behavior Change Intervention subsection (99401-99412) of the Preventive Medicine Services section. These revisions clarify the original intent of the behavior change intervention codes when they were created in 2008, which was to allow the separate reporting of an E/M service along with the preventive medicine services codes. These codes may be reported by a physician or other qualified health care professional...
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