Tobacco Coding Fact Sheet for Primary Care Pediatrics
Serves as a guide for pediatric providers to appropriately code and bill patient encounters involving tobacco use or exposure.
Serves as a guide for pediatric providers to appropriately code and bill patient encounters involving tobacco use or exposure.
Details covered cessation services, eligible providers, billing codes for counseling, definitions of physician extenders, referral program information, and links to managed care organization contacts.
Details promotional approaches for engaging the state’s health care professionals and Medicaid members in order to increase utilization of mechanisms supporting tobacco cessation.
Assesses: 1) approaches and perceptions among providers that may influence uptake of tobacco cessation for their Medicaid patients, and 2) preferred tools and resources that may aid providers in supporting appropriate tobacco cessation interventions, including Medicaid coding/billing.
Aims to increase Rhode Island health care providers’ awareness and understanding of cessation pharmacotherapy and counseling benefits covered under fee-for-service Medicaid and the state’s three Medicaid managed care plans.