There's a very fine line between a terrible day and a good day...40 to 45
Cessation-focused visits (CPT 99406/99407): For dedicated tobacco cessation counseling encounters, the principal diagnosis should be either the underlying condition the smoking is impacting (COPD, ischemic heart disease, etc.) or for outpatient counseling visits where no such condition is being addressed a Z-code such as Z71.6 (Tobacco abuse counseling) as the encounter reason, with F17.210 sequenced as a secondary diagnosis to specify the nicotine dependence
This situation makes for growing disparities in tobacco-related health outcomes, with the burden falling increasingly on the most vulnerable populations
We need to make sure there are no unintended consequences with our policies that would prohibit their success. The exemption was approved narrowly on an 8-to-6 vote, with council members OFarrell, Mike Bonin, Paul Krekorian, Nury Martinez, Nithya Raman and Mark Ridley-Thomas opposing the decision
Smoke-free public spaces make sense not only to protect people from the dangers of secondhand smoke, said Schotte
