

New Year-- New Billing and Coding
Look for these issues and opportunities in your 2016 billing and coding: Advance Care Planning: Medicare will in 2016 pay for Advance Care Planning (ACP) CPT codes established in 2015. 99497– ACP including the explanation and discussion of advance directives such as standard forms (with completion of such forms, when performed), by the physician or other qualified health professional, first 30 minutes, face-to-face with the patient, family member(s), and/or surrogate. +99498