Preventive medicine and Medicare wellness visits with a problem oriented visit Recorded on May 21, 2020 While CPT® allows medical practices to … [Read more...]
Screening for depression | HCPCS code G0444
Annual depression screening code G0444 Medicare pays primary care practices to screen all Medicare patients annually for depression. The service … [Read more...]
Preventive Medicine Services – Medicare
Medicare has very specific requirements for preventive services. What can you bill, what must you document? This article covers all the bases … [Read more...]
Wellness visits and care management in Rural Health Centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers (RHCs and FQHCs)
RHCs and FQHCs are paid an all-inclusive rate (AIR) or national prospective payment system (PPS) rate for any service that is defined as a visit to … [Read more...]
Are you missing the initial annual wellness visit? | G0438
After I gave a presentation at a family medicine conference a physician said to me, “What you just told me will pay for the entire cost of my coming … [Read more...]
Age and wellness visits | Eligibility for Welcome to Medicare
Question: Does the patient need to be 65 years old in order to bill the Welcome to Medicare Visit? Answer: No, there is no age restriction … [Read more...]
Wellness visits and prolonged care | How to use G0513 & G0514
Medicare stunned us by creating two prolonged services HCPCS codes for use with Medicare covered preventive medicine services in 2018. They may be … [Read more...]
Billing for pap smear
Clinicians often ask what codes to use when billing for a pap smear provided during a preventive medicine service or other problem-oriented E/M … [Read more...]
Can you screen for an existing condition? | Diagnosis Coding for Lab Services
Sometimes, the hardest thing about coding for preventive services isn’t the visit at all. It’s the labs. Patients come in for an annual physical … [Read more...]
Reporting a problem-oriented visit on the same day as Welcome to Medicare (G0402) or Initial and Subsequent Wellness Visit (G0438, G0439)
To do or not to do? When can you report a problem oriented visit with the Welcome to Medicare (G0402), or Initial or Subsequent (G0438, G0439) … [Read more...]
Everyday Coding for Medical Practices
How can a practice increase its revenue? The easiest way is by collecting for services already performed, and the first step in that process is … [Read more...]
Examination Codes in ICD-10
In ICD-10-CM, diagnosis coding for preventive medicine services are divided as with or without abnormal findings. Learn about 'Z' codes in this 5 … [Read more...]
Can I get paid for…a problem oriented visit and wellness visit on the same day
Patients who come into the office for a physical or wellness visit often have a problem they want to discuss, or chronic conditions that need to be … [Read more...]