August 2018
Texas Health Steps Quick Reference Guide Updated
The Texas Health Steps Quick Reference Guide has been updated with the following information:
- Additional screening tools for adolescents were added under the column: Mental Health Screening.
- The mental health screening limitation was updated for procedure codes 96160 and 96161.
- New postpartum depression screening procedure codes G8431 and G8510 were added.
For information about the new postpartum depression screening benefit, refer to the article: Postpartum Depression Screening during an Infant’s Texas Health Steps Checkup to Become a Benefit of Texas Medicaid July 1, 2018.
For more information, call the Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership Contact Center at 1-800-925-9126.