CPT® 2014:
TCM Codes Benefit from Updated Patient and Discharge Rules
Published on Tue Feb 11, 2014
CPT® and CMS guidelines are more in sync. CPT® 2014 takes advantage of a year’s experience to adjust guidelines for TCM codes 99495-99496 (Transitional care management services with the following required elements: Communication [direct contact, telephone, electronic] with the patient and/or caregiver within two business days of discharge…) “We know some practitioners [had] challenges billing for transitional care management,” said [...]