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Article: New CPT codes promote interventions.(Practice Trends)
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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Two new health care codes for substance abuse screening and brief intervention set to take effect Jan. 1, 2008, will "strengthen the doctor-patient relationship and incorporate a powerful preventive public health resource in America's health care system," according to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. But the medical community appears to be taking a wait-and-see approach.
Reimbursement for the new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes (99408 and 99409) is a key concern among physicians informally polled about these new additions. The existence of codes does not ensure payment for the codes, and it is unclear whether the codes will be ...