A lifestyle medicine visit is a unique patient encounter that addresses one or more of the following lifestyle medicine subcategories: 1) nutritional assessments and interventions, 2) physical activity assessments and interventions, 3) emotional and mental well-being, sleep, and connectedness assessments and interventions, and 4) tobacco and toxic substances assessment, brief intervention, and referral training.
Our general rule of thumb is the visit will count if the patient walks out of the room having been counseled and/or having set a SMART goal based on appropriate interventions for stages of change in any of the subcategories.