When you have a postpartum follow up, do you do a depression screen?
When you have a geriatric patient, do you do a safe driver evaluation?
Do you calculate the risk of diabetes for patient that have family history of DM2?
If you do any of these things, then you qualify to bill for a 99420.
A Wha? Yes, most coders that I have asked have no clue what this code is.
99420 is defined by the AMA as "Administration and Interpretation of health risk assessment instrument"
All of my new patients get a Reynolds Risk upon return visit after I have their labs to calculate this risk.....
They all get billed for a follow up patient visit AND a 99420. They may also get other services, but they ALL get a Reynolds Risk.
Why? It helps me know when to treat lipids and what preventative therapy to use. So why oh why wouldn't you use these tools? In fact, I argue it is the standard of care to use these tools......
And Now, you can bill for it. And get paid!
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