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Wiki Reporting 99497 or 99498 for Advance Care Planning
From what I can find Advance Care Planning can be reported with a Medicare Annual Wellness Visit. Medicare states that the billing physician or qualified provider must participate and meaningfully contribute to the provision of the Advance Care planning, in addition to providing a minimum of...- amwittler
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- 99497-99498 advance care planning participation provider
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- Forum: Family Practice
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Wiki Payment For Advance Care Planning - 99497 and 99498
Has anyone yet received an actual payment for Advance Care Planning - 99497 and 99498? Can you explain what you did if you have received payment. Was a diagnostic code used or does it only require an e/m code? I called Medicare and they said to just document the medical necessity?! I'm not...- NC00692016
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- 99497 99498 advance care planning diagnostic coding e/m
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- Forum: Billing/Reimbursement
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Wiki Advance Care Planning 99497-99498
Description for these code state when performed "by physician or other qualified healthcare professional." In our situation, physician talks to patient for about 5 minutes and then sends the patient to the social worker who spends another 45 minutes with them filling out forms. Would this be...- kerry10
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- 99497-99498 advance care planning minutes patient physician
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- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion
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Wiki Advanced Care Planning Services - Medicare
Medicare has approved coverage for Advance Care Planning Services for 2016. I know the codes are 99497 and add on code +99498. Has anyone heard what the RVU's and reimbursement rates are? Looking to maximize our revenue by using ACP codes in addition to our usual code set or using prolonged...- JSneen88
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- advance care planning billing coding medicare reimbursement
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- Forum: Billing/Reimbursement