Tool Kit for Teen Care

Tool Kit for Teen Care

• A letter that can be sent to adult patients and a tent card for the reception area to assist in attracting adolescents into the practice
• Tips for creating an adolescent-friendly environment in the office and for talking with teens
• Tools for adolescent assessment, including laminated cards with the stages of pubertal development, blood pressure readings, and body mass index calculations
• An adolescent visit questionnaire and adolescent visit record, along with instructions for their use to facilitate the visit with the adolescent
• A primer on CPT coding for adolescent services, complete with a summary of codes to use for more common visits and a more in-depth discussion of several case scenarios and the appropriate method by which to code
• Educational materials and fact sheets for patients-both teens and their parents

2003