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August 30, 2025

Prevention and Screening

Prevention

Keeping patients healthy, providing advice about health risks and recommending screening tests and immunizations are the heart of primary care medicine. CPT® uses one set of codes and Medicare another, and you’ll find coding information on both here, along with guidance on billing for split visits.

CPT® codes for preventive services Expand
  • Coding Guide | Preventive Medicine Services
  • Billing for pap smear

 

Preventive services for Medicare patients Expand
  • Preventive Medicine Services | Medicare
  • Prolonged services codes for Medicare preventive medicine services: G0513, G0514
  • Age and wellness visits | Eligibility for Welcome to Medicare
  • G0101 Pelvic and Breast Exam
  • Wellness visits and care management in Rural Health Centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers (RHCs and FQHCs)
Screening and counseling Expand
  • Coding and reimbursement for lactation services
  • Smoking cessation coding, 99406 and 99407

HCPCS Screening Codes

  • National Coverage Determination: PrEP for HIV Prevention | HCPCS code G0011
  • HCPCS Code G0136 for Screening for the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)
  • Screening for depression | HCPCS code G0444
  • Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse | HCPCS Code G0442
  • Screening for Other Sexually Transmitted Illnesses (STI)
  • Behavioral counseling for obesity, HCPCS code G0447
  • Intensive behavioral counseling for cardiovascular disease, HCPCS code G0446
  • ASCVD screening | HCPCS code G0537, G0538
  • High Intensity Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Illnesses
  • Screening codes guide: G0442, G0443, G0444, G0446, G0447
Preventive and problem visits Expand
  • Billing Preventive Medicine Services and Problem Visit | Quick reference sheet
  • Reporting a problem-oriented visit on the same day as Welcome to Medicare (G0402) or Initial and Subsequent Wellness Visit (G0438, G0439)
  • Can we bill a new patient visit for preventive and E/M services on the same day?
  • Can I get paid for a problem oriented visit and wellness visit on the same day? | Video
  • Preventive Medicine, Wellness Visits and Problem-Oriented Visits | Webinar

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