Preventive Medicine Services CPT® Code range 99381- 99429
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code range for Preventive Medicine Services 99381-99429 is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association.
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Every preventive visit should be reported with an appropriate ICD-9-CM diagnosis code to reflect the reason for the visit. The most commonly used diagnosis codes associated with preventive services in... [ Read More ]
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I was wondering if any can tell me if billing new or established office visits are the correct codes to be for genetic counseling. Since BRCA ... [ Read More ]
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For the longest time, I had quite a time figuring out the proper billing of physicals, too. My providers wanted to use the preventive medicine codes 99381-99397. But after some research, I learned tha... [ Read More ]
[b]Preventive Medicine and modifier 25[/b]
I agree with the above and I also found this statement in an online search:
by their very nature, Preventive medicine services (99381-99429) are distinct an... [ Read More ]