Andrea Bowers
Guest
My providers have a habit of when a patient schedules a physical exam (particularly patients over age 50) of also following up on their chronic conditions such as hypertension, lipids, cholesterol as they are reviewing the lab results at this visit. We are being denied by the carriers with our Z00.00 code. These are abnormal but not new findings. They are chronic conditions. I have tried and tried asking them to do one or the other - preventive services or routine periodic follow-up at a visit but not both. This is falling on deaf ears.
What is the answer? Should I be using the Z00.01 with the codes for the chronic conditions?
Andrea Bowers
Hagerstown
What is the answer? Should I be using the Z00.01 with the codes for the chronic conditions?
Andrea Bowers
Hagerstown