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Bust 3 Myths That Could Be Holding Up Your Smoking Cessation Reporting

Published on Fri Apr 24, 2009

This truth plan reveals 99406, 99407 minimum requirements to avoid overwork. With American Heart Month under way, you-ve got to get your stop-smoking counseling documentation down pat or risk paybacks. Now that 99406 and 99407 are no longer new codes, some payers are creating policies on the codes- requirements. Bust these myths regarding coding for stop-smoking counseling to make sure your practice's expected reimbursement does not go up in smoke. Myth 1: You Need a Plan and Referral to Support 99406, 99407 -Last year, I was told as long as the doctor noted he advised on the risks, advised the patient to quit, gave an Rx, it would support 99406,- recalls Kathleen Goodwin, coding coordinator at LaPorte Regional Physicians Network in Indiana. -How much documentation is needed to support 99406, which is for 3-10 minutes of smoking cessation counseling, and 99407, which is for more than 10 minutes of counseling?- [...]
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