Primary Care Coding Alert

Measure the New Nursing Facility Code Requirements Against the Old

Clip and post this quick reference to 99304-99318's service levels

Quickly adjust to the nursing facility codes- key components for 2006 with this comparison to the previous set.

CPT 2006 creates eight new NF codes and two new subsections (-Initial Nursing Facility Care- and -Other Nursing Facility Services-). The new subsections- codes (99304-99306 and 99318 respectively) replace the deleted -Comprehensive Nursing Facility Assessments- subsection (99301-99303).

Note:  Deleted codes appear in gray.  "NA" in "Typical time" column means "None assigned."

Bonus: For an expanded list of CPT 2006 changes that may affect your family practice, e-mail the editor in chief at jgodreau@medville.com.
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