Prevention and Screening

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

Preventive services for Medicare patients

Screening and counseling for behavioral conditions

Preventive and problem visits

Our mission is to provide accurate, comprehensive, up-to-date coding information, allowing medical practices to increase revenue, decrease coding denials and reduce compliance risk. That's what coding knowledge can do.

In 1988, CodingIntel.com founder Betsy Nicoletti started a Medical Services Organization for a rural hospital, supporting physician practice. She has been a self-employed consultant since 1998. She estimates that in the last 20 years her audience members number over 28,400 at in person events and webinars. She has had 2,500 meetings with clinical providers and reviewed over 43,000 medical notes. She knows what questions need answers and developed this resource to answer those questions. For more about Betsy visit www.betsynicoletti.com.