RE: EXTERNAL SENDER: Re: G0447 counseling for obesity
Thank you.
Do the providers mainly follow documentation per NCD?
Thanks.
From: Robin Centner [mailto:rcentner_gfd@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 4:55 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list PARTB-L
Subject: EXTERNAL SENDER: Re: [partb-l] G0447 counseling for obesity
We bill medicare and get paid. Your have to put the BMI code first and the obesity code second.
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On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Lisa Hook
wrote:
Good afternoon.
Does anyone have any experience billing G0447 (face-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes) for Medicare patients?
I have reviewed the NCD and MLN article but wondered if anyone utilizes, gets paid, etc;
Thank you.
Lisa Hook, CPC, LPN
Certified Professional Coder
Central Billing Office
Bryan Physician Network
2222 South 16th St., Suite 400A
Lincoln, NE 68502-3785
Phone: (402) 483-8594
Fax: (402) 483-8599
Lisa.Hook@bryanhealth.org
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Do the providers mainly follow documentation per NCD?
Thanks.
From: Robin Centner [mailto:rcentner_gfd@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 4:55 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list PARTB-L
Subject: EXTERNAL SENDER: Re: [partb-l] G0447 counseling for obesity
We bill medicare and get paid. Your have to put the BMI code first and the obesity code second.
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Lisa Hook
wrote:
Good afternoon.
Does anyone have any experience billing G0447 (face-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes) for Medicare patients?
I have reviewed the NCD and MLN article but wondered if anyone utilizes, gets paid, etc;
Thank you.
Lisa Hook, CPC, LPN
Certified Professional Coder
Central Billing Office
Bryan Physician Network
2222 South 16th St., Suite 400A
Lincoln, NE 68502-3785
Phone: (402) 483-8594
Fax: (402) 483-8599
Lisa.Hook@bryanhealth.org
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