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HCPCS Code for Alcohol and/or substance (other than tobacco) misuse structured assessment (e.g., audit, dast), and brief intervention 15 to 30 minutes G0396

HCPCS code G0396 for Alcohol and/or substance (other than tobacco) misuse structured assessment (e.g., audit, dast), and brief intervention 15 to 30 minutes as maintained by CMS falls under Alcohol and Substance Abuse Assessments .

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Alcohol and/or substance (other than tobacco) misuse structured assessment (e.g., audit, dast), and brief intervention 15 to 30 minutes

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CPT codes 99408 & 96127
99408 has an N status for Medicare, so it will never be covered. Medicare does have G0396 screening code which is separately payable. Remember that the 15-30 minutes needs to be separate from any ti... [ Read More ]
What CPT/HCPCS Codes For Alcohol and Substance Abuse?
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Can a pain managemetn dr bill for drug/alcohol screening?
We are pain management as well. Thus far, we're only receiving payment for 99408 from United Healthcare & G0396 from traditional Medicare. Are you having any success getting other insurance companies ... [ Read More ]
Can a pain managemetn dr bill for drug/alcohol screening?
The dr that I bill for is a pain management dr. She feels that she should be able to bill CPT 99408 for commercial ins or G0396 for Medicare. I understand her point of view and believe that there shou... [ Read More ]
cpt 99401 and 99408
In Ohio, 99401 Preventive Medicine Counsel and 99408 Alcohol/substance abuse; are both a non covered service per Medicare fee schedule. Per Medicaid NCCI policy Chapter XI; CPT codes 99408 and 99409 d... [ Read More ]
XU Modifier
I put your codes through a scrubber in supercoder. it says you don't need a modifier 25 and if private payor you should be using a 51 instead of 59 for codes G0396, 96103, G0444. I would remove the 25... [ Read More ]
XU Modifier
Hello, I code and bill for a pain management facility who performs health assessments using codes: 96103 96120 G0444 and G0396 in addition to office visit. Per Medicare guidelines we are eligible to p... [ Read More ]
Mental Health Assessment Denials - G0396, 96120, 96103 assessment electronic g0396 mental health billing
Anyone have advice/help: as of February 1st beginning to receive Medicare denials for these three codes (G0396, 96120, 96103) for mental health assessments? We had no issues prior. Thank you!!... [ Read More ]
SUD - alcohol and/or drug assessments
Would H0001 (Alcohol and/or drug assessment) be coded as G0396 or G0397 (alcohol and/or substance abuse structured assessment and brief intervention) for Medicare? I am not sure if they are considered... [ Read More ]
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The screening is part of the same day E/M service. If you provided at least 15 minutes of intervention, in addition to the screening, you can report: [LIST] [*] CPT 99408 if you administered a scre... [ Read More ]
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