Summary & Overview
HCPCS H0024: Behavioral Health Prevention Information Dissemination Service
HCPCS Level II code H0024 designates a behavioral health prevention information dissemination service — a one-way contact intended to influence knowledge and attitudes regarding behavioral health. Nationally, this code captures services focused on education and outreach rather than individualized clinical treatment, and it is relevant to public health initiatives, community behavioral health programs, and payer coverage policies that address preventive behavioral health interventions.
Key payers covered in this review include Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Health, UnitedHealthcare, and Medicare. Readers will find an overview of how the code is defined and applied, typical sites of service for dissemination activities, and what payers commonly consider when evaluating claims for one-way behavioral health education services. The publication outlines service characteristics that distinguish H0024 from clinical treatment codes and summarizes practical considerations for billing and documentation where available. Where input data is incomplete, the text notes that specific fields are not provided.
This summary is intended for a national audience of payers, provider billing teams, and policy analysts seeking a concise reference on H0024 — its purpose, service context, and relevance to behavioral health prevention and outreach programs.
Billing Code Overview
HCPCS Level II code H0024 represents behavioral health prevention information dissemination service. This service involves one-way direct or non-direct contact with service audiences intended to affect knowledge and attitude about behavioral health topics.
Service Type: Prevention and education — behavioral health information dissemination
Typical Site of Service: Community settings, public venues, educational institutions, outreach events, or remote dissemination channels where information is shared with target audiences without bi-directional clinical intervention.
Clinical & Coding Specifications
Clinical Context
A community behavioral health outreach team prepares and disseminates prevention information to at-risk adolescents and their caregivers in a school district to increase awareness of early warning signs of depression and available local resources. A behavioral health educator or licensed clinician develops evidence-based print materials and a short recorded presentation describing risk factors, signs of self-harm, and steps to access crisis and routine services. Materials are distributed by mail and posted on the school district website (one-way, non-direct contact) and the recorded presentation is shared with school counselors during an information session (one-way direct contact to an audience). The workflow includes needs assessment, creation of content, documentation of dissemination activity (audience reached, delivery method, date/time, and materials used), verification of material accuracy by clinical supervisor, and billing using H0024 for the prevention information dissemination service. Typical sites of service include schools, community centers, public health departments, provider agency administrative offices, and remote electronic dissemination channels. A typical patient scenario involves adolescents in a high school identified by the school nurse as a high-risk group for depression; the outreach team provides informational brochures to all students and a targeted recorded presentation for counselors, with documentation of audience and distribution method for compliance and billing purposes.
Coding Specifications
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