Dietary Counseling Cpt Code

S9470 has been in effect since 01 01 2000.

Dietary counseling cpt code. Initial assessment and intervention individual face to face with the patient each 15 minutes 35. However according to cpt guidelines when mnt assessment and or intervention is nbsp performed by a physician nbsp or qualified healthcare professional who. Dietary counseling and surveillance typically used for preventative services e11. Some providers mistakenly choose medical nutrition therapy mnt codes 97802 97804 g0270 g0271 because it states nutrition therapy in the title.

Commercial payers temporary codes s9470 is a valid 2020 hcpcs code for nutritional counseling dietitian visit or just nutritional counseling diet for short used in other medical items or services. Other cpt codes private insurance payers but not medicare may accept other cpt codes such as. The following cpt codes are used for reimbursement. Use this guide as a starting point to learning the billing process.

Nutrition counseling that is packaged as part of a global medical surgical package i e. Bariatric surgery package or ob package billed by a provider. O education and training codes 98960 62 o medical team conference 99366 and 99368. We ve compiled a list of insurance billing codes that every dietitian should know including icd 10 codes cpt codes and g codes.

However according to cpt guidelines when mnt assessment and or intervention is performed by a physician or qualified healthcare professional. Some providers mistakenly choose medical nutrition therapy mnt codes 97802 97804 g0270 g0271 because it states nutrition therapy in the title. Medical nutrition therapy is delivered by a dietitian and includes nutritional counseling and behavior change interventions. Type 2 diabetes.

The cpt and hcpcs codes most likely to be recognized by commercial payers are as follows cpt code3 procedure nat average facility medicare payment4 nat average non facility medicare payment4 behavioral counseling 97802 medical nutrition therapy. Billing nutrition counseling services may not be as straight forward as you might think. 97802 each 15 minutes in an initial individual ses sion 97803 each 15 minutes in a subsequent individual session 97804 each 30 minutes in a group session.