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Primary Care Coding:

Know the Circumstances in Which G0444 May Apply

Published on Tue Sep 22, 2026

Question: An established 70-year-old Medicare patient presents to a family medicine office for a routine follow-up of stable hypertension. The patient has no current depression diagnosis and is due for an annual depression screening. A nurse administers a standardized screening instrument, reviews the responses, and records the score. The screening and review take 14 minutes. The practice has staff-assisted systems [...]
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