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Annual Update
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Resolution: Answered
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Major
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None
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Vendor/EPic
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In the Stage I version of this measure, the patient could be counted as having received counseling for physical activity or counseling for nutrition if the provider recorded diagnosis ICD-9 V-codes, specifically V65.41 and V65.3. These are widely used codes that providers use to represent the provision of these services. Note that both of these codes are still used to define the numerator population for measure CMS 69/NQF 421. But these codes have been removed from the value set for counseling for physical activity and counseling for nutrition without explanation. Please restore these codes as this represents a burden for many providers.