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Make Medication Management Coding Mishaps a Thing of the Past

Published on Tue Jul 14, 2020

Question: What codes should we use for attention deficit disorder (ADD)/attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication follow-ups? We were denied when using use an evaluation and management (E/M) code but using a preventive medicine code doesn’t seem appropriate. What would you suggest? California Subscriber Answer: When the follow-up just involves medication management, 99401-99404 (Preventive medicine counseling and/or risk factor reduction intervention(s) [...]
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