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Attention Provider Types 34 (Therapy) and 85 (Applied Behavior Analysis): Some Procedure Codes Billed with Place of Service Code 10 Now Deny With Error Code 679

Nevada Medicaid·NV · Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy +1 more·Provider Announcement
Effective date
Sep 23, 2024
We identified it
Jun 21, 2026
Days to comply

Summary

Effective September 23, 2024, Nevada Medicaid will deny specific therapy and Applied Behavior Analysis procedure codes when billed with Place of Service code 10 (telehealth), returning error code 679. This affects 22 therapy codes and 5 ABA codes that are no longer covered under telehealth for provider types 34 and 85.

Action Required

Action needed
Immediately: Billing team must update system to prevent billing the listed procedure codes with Place of Service code 10 for Nevada Medicaid claims. Use appropriate in-person place of service codes instead (11, 12, 22, etc.) for these procedures. Update billing software rules to flag these code combinations to prevent denials with error code 679.

Affected Billing Codes

97010
97012
97014
97016
97018
97022
97024
97026
97028
97032
97033
97034
97035
97036
97124
97140
97597
97598
97602
97605
97606
97760
97153
97154
97158