Forum - Questions & Answers
Mar 28th, 2012 - TerryC 39
smoking cessation question
In our pediatrics dept the doctor was seeing a 4yr old child for earache. The doctor spoke to the father re: his smoking,(the father is NOT our patient), he added the smoking cessation charge to the childs charges. Is this a billable charge under the child possibly with a modifier or another code? Thanks
Mar 28th, 2012 - nmaguire 2,606
re: smoking cessation question
No
Apr 2nd, 2012 - Codapedia Editor 1,399
re: smoking cessation question
I would bill the entire code based on time, if the visit met the criteria for that. According to the CPT® book, the typical times listed are time spent with the patient and/or family. If more than 50% of that time is spent in discussion of diagnosis, risk factor reduction, treatment, etc, then select the code based on time.
