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HCPCS Code for Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes G0447

HCPCS code G0447 for Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes as maintained by CMS falls under Counseling, Screening, and Prevention Services.

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Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes

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WHAT MODIFER DO YOU USE WHEN BILLING g0447 OR g0446 WITH g0439
I often see insurance wanting a 25 on the G0439 when billing a G0446 or G0447 with it. This is most likely payor specific.... [ Read More ]
Billing tips for G0447
Hi jlm? Well are using the G0447 for Medicare patients but as first dx you should use E66 or E63 or certain related R dx codes along with proper documentation. Also the commercial carrier CPT runs fr... [ Read More ]
Billing tips for G0447
I am doing billing for a Nephrologist who does thourough weight loss counseling for obese patients with ckd. We started billing for G0447 in addition to the e/m code and have not been getting paid fo... [ Read More ]
WHAT MODIFER DO YOU USE WHEN BILLING g0447 OR g0446 WITH g0439
Do you have to append modifer to G0446 or G0447 when billing with G0439 Medicare AWV?... [ Read More ]
G0447-Humana
Does anyone have ANY information that might be helpful for billing G0447 to Humana Medicare. Our claims are being denied for LCD. We are using the BMI codes as suggested and paid by Medicare. We recen... [ Read More ]
G0447 Humana Claims
Does anyone have ANY information that might be helpful for billing G0447 to Humana Medicare. Our claims are being denied for LCD. We are using the BMI codes as suggested and paid by Medicare. We re... [ Read More ]
Medicare denying G0447 when billed w/quantity 2 even tho MUE (max unit of svc) is 2- why?
FYI re: query above, we've been told the Medicare MUE table is incorrect, and G0447 should have a MUE of 1. Hopefully they now know this and are correcting it. Thanks! Felicia... [ Read More ]
Medicare denying G0447 when billed w/quantity 2 even tho MUE (max unit of svc) is 2- why?
Hello all, G0447 is face-to-face obesity counseling, 15 min. by a qualified non-physician practitioner. When we previously billed this, we changed our quantity from 2 to 1 and the claims would get pai... [ Read More ]
Obesity Preventative Counseling
Look at your HCPCS book for the G0447 page 67; G codes to CPT Crosswalk- CPT code 99401 states it is a separate procedure. Then go to CPT book look up 99401 , pg 38- Counseling Risk factor reduction... [ Read More ]
Obesity Preventative Counseling diagnosis help!! medicare billing modifier
We are billing G0447 to medicare in place of the standard 99202 code. Medicare is stating we need a modifier but we can't figure out which one. We have tried 33 and got denied already. We use modifie... [ Read More ]
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