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Medicare Preventive Services — Revised: 2-15-2024 Update MLN Matters
March 6, 2024Annual wellness visit:
- Colorectal cancer screening: Use the KX modifier when billing screening colonoscopies as a follow up to a non-invasive test
- Diabetes screening:
- Patients can get 2 screenings within a 12-month period
- Starting in January 2024, Medicare will cover an A1c blood test for patients getting a diabetes screening
- Flu shot: Added information about additional payment for in-home flu shot administration
- Sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and high intensity behavioral counseling to prevent STIs:
- Added CPT code 0402U effective October 1, 2023
- Updated the ICD-10 codes section