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Don't forget about a key change to a Medicare-covered HCPCS code that providers reported hundreds of thousands of times in its debut year. As of Jan. 1, code G0136 now covers physical activity and nutrition assessments, not social determinants of health (SDOH).
 
 
Selecting a level of medical decision-making (MDM) can be confusing and complicated. There are four levels of MDM: straightforward, low, moderate and high. Each level includes three components that, when used together, determine a level of service.
 
 
You can expect to see six new remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) codes in the CPT Manual, along with revisions to 10 currently active RPM services and the RPM service guidelines -- but not until 2026.
 
 
Take a glimpse at the hundreds of CPT coding updates coming in 2024 to prepare your coding and billing staff for a successful turn of the calendar. You’ll find new codes, as well as code revisions, spread throughout the CPT manual, in addition to important guideline updates.
 
Also, nearly 50 codes are on the chopping block. All coding updates, outside of a separately announced COVID vaccine consolidation that takes effect Nov. 1, 2023, will be effective Jan. 1, 2024.
 
 
Better late than never: CMS released a new version of its Evaluation and Management Services Guide on Aug. 29.
 

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