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You Won't Collect for Code 1005F

Published on Fri May 06, 2011

Question:One of our pediatricians monitors our asthma patients with the Childhood Asthma Control Test. We have done some research and found the code "1005F" which appears to apply to this service. Can you tell me if this is a billable code?Virginia SubscriberAnswer:CPT® introduced code Category II code 1005F (Asthma symptoms evaluated [includes physician documentation of numeric frequency of symptoms or patient completion of an asthma assessment tool/survey/questionnaire) in 2006, but you won't collect for it.The code is marked with the status code "M," which means, "measurement codes, used for reporting purposes only" according to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, and is assigned 0 relative value units. Most private payers follow this lead and will also not reimburse for this code.Background: Category II codes help better describe E/Ms and can correlate a patient's disease to the treatment rendered. Although these codes are not required, the AMA's intent is to help data [...]
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