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NC Medicaid: New CPT 2 F Codes have July 1 start date

May 28, 2025 4:30:00 PM / by Practice Support Team posted in Medicaid Managed Care, Primary Care, coding, Pregnancy, OB/GYN, postpartum, prenatal

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MedicaidFrom NC Medicaid:

Practices that provide prenatal and postpartum care should bill the new F codes (0503F and 0500F) for their respective services, in addition to using global billing codes after delivery.

Some private and commercial insurers already require these codes, so providers should check with their billing team to review relevant protocol. These F codes are required by NC Medicaid’s clinical policy and apply to all delivery claims (not just those that are globally billed).


NC Medicaid urges providers to begin using the new codes as soon as possible. After July 1, 2025, Medicaid claims for delivery will deny if 0500F is not in the patient's history. This change will apply to both NC Medicaid Managed Care and NC Medicaid Direct claims.

Details and Source: New F Codes: Capturing Prenatal and Postpartum Care Services

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Online Coding Education Training Offered by Blue Cross NC

Jul 13, 2023 7:15:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in coding, medical billing

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s Risk Adjustment Coding Provider Education and Engagement Team is offering Microsoft LIVE meetings in 2023.

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CMS Updates to Coding for Chronic Care Management

Jun 1, 2022 5:00:00 PM / by Practice Support Team posted in coding, care management, medical billing, care transitions

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Recently, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made some changes and additions to coding for care management services.

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Need a little help with the 2021 Evaluation & Management (E/M) Coding Guidelines?

Feb 23, 2021 2:00:00 PM / by Practice Support Team posted in coding, technology

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2021 brings some exciting new changes to the guidelines for evaluation and management services. To reduce the administrative burden, the Evaluation & Management (E/M) documentation guidelines have been updated to provide more flexibility and allow providers to spend more time focusing on patient care and less on documentation and coding. Providers now have new options for documenting and reporting E/M visits.  

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​NC Medicaid and NC Health Choice COVID-19 Immunization Billing Guidance

Jan 12, 2021 4:52:40 PM / by Practice Support Team posted in Medicaid, COVID-19, Billing, coding

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Are you planning on administering COVID-19 Vaccines in your office? 

NCDHHS has shared the Medicaid and NC Health Choice billing guidance for both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in two Special Bulletins (#147 and #148).  Please see some of the billing highlights and links to the bulletins below. 

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2021 Updates to Evaluation and Management (E/M) Guidelines

Jan 12, 2021 9:00:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in Billing, coding

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What’s new and different in 2021? 

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2021 Medicare Telehealth Coding Updates

Jan 11, 2021 9:00:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in coding, telehealth, medicare

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule on December 1st, 2020 that includes policy updates for Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and other Medicare Part B issues, effective on or after January 1, 2021. 

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