Advance Care Planning CPT® Code range 99497- 99498

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code range for Evaluation and Management 99497-99498 is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association.

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CPT® Code Range 99497- 99498
Advance Care Planning
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[QUOTE="lvatauchi, post: 506973, member: 489996"] Hello, everybody. I coded as below for pt. who has BCBS State Health Plan , secondary is Medicare and 99497-33 got denied by both insurance. Did I mis... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="nlbarnes, post: 506536, member: 53490"] Can you bill 99497/99498 in the inpatient setting (99221 - 99233 or 99291/99292)? [/QUOTE] [ATTACH type="full"]5688[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]5689[/... [ Read More ]
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