Most modern cigarettes are filtered, but this does not make the smoke inhaled from them contain fewer carcinogens or harmful chemicals
More information regarding the creation of HCPCS code G0138 can be found at
(5) For CCM, general BHI, PCM, Chronic Pain Management (CPM) services furnished between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023, payment is based on the average of the national non-facility PFS payment rate set for each CCM, general BHI, PCM and CPM service and updated annually based on the PFS amounts
The source of the specialty specific indirect percentage is the Physician Practice Information Survey (PPIS), last administered in 2007 and 2008, prior to the adoption of digital therapy technologies (86 FR 65037)
Additional information on the private payor rate-based CLFS is detailed in the CLFS final rule, which implemented section 1834A of the Act as required by PAMA (81 FR 41036 through 41101), and this information is also available on the CMS website