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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new government-wide initiative, MyHealthEData, that provides patients with control of their health data. MyHealthEData is a response to the Executive Order to Promote Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States, issued by President Trump last year. The initiative’s aim is to: Empower patients, so every American […]
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Well Patient Visits with Birth Control

Female pt comes in, she would like to talk about birth control. We do all of the components of a well exam but no gyne exam for her as she already had that done one year ago. We bill 99395 with Z00.00. This is denied by a portion of our payers though because they only will not cover Z00.00 for a female.

I’m lost. I’ve checked with our payers but we all know they can’t tell us how to code. My doctor isn’t documenting counseling time, and most of our plans don’t cover 99401-99404 at a rate that is sustainable. $ 14.00 allowable for example for 99401.

99212 with Z30.09 causes many of our patients to be billed their copay or coinsurance because it isn’t being considered part of their preventive ACA benefits because we didn’t bill for 99395 or 99401 (example).

How should I be billing an office visit for birth control? What is everyone else doing for these? Should I be billing 99395 with Z30.09?

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Initial or Surveillance for birth control pill change

A 17 year old patient was prescribed birth control pills for the first time and the diagnosis code used was Z30.011, encounter for initial prescription of contraceptive pills. The patient experienced side effects so a new prescription for a different pill was prescribed at her 3 month follow up. Is Z30.011 appropriate since it is a new prescription and pill type or would Z30.41, encounter for surveillance of contraceptive pills be correct?

After the initial prescription is written, is it ever appropriate to use Z30.011 again (e.g. whether repeat prescription or new pill type prescription at the ensuing annual visits)?

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