CPT^® 96161, Under Health Behavior Assessment and Intervention Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 96161 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Health Behavior Assessment and Intervention Procedures.

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The provider administers a questionnaire aimed at helping to identify a specific health risk to a patient's caregiver, analyzes the results, assigns a score, and documents the findings. Use this code for each standardized questionnaire (criteria established and agreed upon by a group of experts).

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[QUOTE="Cynthia Hughes, post: 491896, member: 18048"] Unless the physician is creating a chart for the mother and addressing the positive screening (eg, counseling the mother and coordinating follow-u... [ Read More ]

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[QUOTE="tintin, post: 490186, member: 179560"] How about the CPT code? 96127 or 96161 for postpartum depression? [/QUOTE] I believe you are referring to billing a service for a patient who is being ev... [ Read More ]

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[QUOTE="tintin, post: 490186, member: 179560"] How about the CPT code? 96127 or 96161 for postpartum depression? [/QUOTE] There is no CPT code for a diagnosis - CPT codes represent procedures, treatme... [ Read More ]

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i think yes we can bill with modifier 25 on well viist code. and if its medicaid need modifier EP on 96161.... [ Read More ]

Billing 96161 on Well Baby

[FONT=times new roman]You are able to bill with with a Well visit for the baby. We do bill for this for both mother and father at our pediatrics office. We don't always get paid for both but they are ... [ Read More ]

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Billing 96161 on Well Baby

We have a new Pediatrician in our office and she would like to bill cpt code 96161 (Edinburgh depression screening) for the mom on the babies well visit chart. Can we do this? Thank You Monica Salvat... [ Read More ]

POS 12 for 96160

[URL='https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/0100/p7.html']From AAFP[/URL] [SIZE=6][B]Health risk assessments[/B][/SIZE] Two new CPT codes may be used to report health risk assessments: [LIST] [*]96160, “A... [ Read More ]

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