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Get the Lowdown on Smoking Cessation Counseling

Published on Mon Nov 12, 2018

Question: Our nurse practitioner performed smoking cessation counseling on a patient who is not yet showing signs of COPD or emphysema, just to ensure he knew the risks of continuing to smoke and trying to help him stop. Our physician said we can’t report 99406 for this if the patient doesn’t have a smoking-related condition. Is this true? Codify Subscriber [...]
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