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Program Name: BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid Handbook Area: Outpatient Mental Health
03/28/2024  

Covered and Noncovered Services : Covered Services and Requirements

Topic #6177

Tobacco Cessation Drugs and Services

Under the outpatient mental health benefit, BadgerCare Plus and Wisconsin Medicaid cover medically necessary diagnostic evaluations and psychotherapy related to tobacco cessation provided by psychiatrists, Ph.D. psychologists, and Master's-level therapists.

BadgerCare Plus and Wisconsin Medicaid cover psychotherapy on an individual and group basis.

Tobacco cessation services, as preventive services with an A or B rating from the USPSTF, do not require copayments from any member enrolled in BadgerCare Plus or Medicaid. SeniorCare members are not exempt from copayment for tobacco cessation services.

Topic #21097

Drugs for Tobacco Cessation

BadgerCare Plus, Medicaid, and SeniorCare cover legend drugs for tobacco cessation.

BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid also cover OTC nicotine gum, patches, and lozenges.

A written prescription from a prescriber is required for both federal legend and OTC tobacco cessation products. Prescribers are required to indicate the appropriate diagnosis on the prescription. PA is required for uses outside the allowable ICD diagnoses included in the table below.

Allowable ICD Diagnosis Codes Descriptions
F17.200 Nicotine dependence, unspecified, uncomplicated
F17.201 Nicotine dependence, unspecified, in remission
F17.203 Nicotine dependence, unspecified, with withdrawal
F17.208 Nicotine dependence, unspecified, with other nicotine-induced disorders
F17.209 Nicotine dependence, unspecified, with unspecified nicotine-induced disorders
F17.210 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, uncomplicated
F17.211 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, in remission
F17.213 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, with withdrawal
F17.218 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, with other nicotine-induced disorders
F17.219 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, with unspecified nicotine-induced disorders
F17.220 Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco, uncomplicated
F17.221 Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco, in remission
F17.223 Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco, with withdrawal
F17.228 Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco, with other nicotine-induced disorders
F17.229 Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco, with unspecified nicotine-induced disorders
F17.290 Nicotine dependence, other tobacco product, uncomplicated
F17.291 Nicotine dependence, other tobacco product, in remission
F17.293 Nicotine dependence, other tobacco product, with withdrawal
F17.298 Nicotine dependence, other tobacco product, with other nicotine-induced disorders
F17.299 Nicotine dependence, other tobacco product, with unspecified nicotine-induced disorders
Z72.0 Tobacco use
 
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