tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 41

CPT 2008: Tobacco Counseling, Phone E/Ms Getting Easier To Report

CPT puts time on coder's side in 2008If figuring the level of service for telephone E/Ms has made you reticent to file the codes, CPT 2008 has some great news.The latest version of CPT deletes 99371-99373 (Telephone call by a physician to patient or for consultation or management of for coordinating medical management with other health care professionals ...) and offers you a much simpler method for coding, as well as some specific nonphysician counseling codes.Phone E/M Codes A Boon--If Payors Accept Them CPT will roll out three new codes for telephone E/M care in 2008, reported...

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