CPT^® 99448, Under Interprofessional Telephone/Internet/Electronic Health Record Consultations

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 99448 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Interprofessional Telephone/Internet/Electronic Health Record Consultations.

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A consulting physician or other qualified healthcare professional performs a 21– to 30–minute consult via telephone, internet, or electronic health record (EHR) and provides a verbal and written report to the requesting physician/qualified healthcare professional.

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In order to bill 99446-99449 your provider would have to be the provider that another one is consulting for. Here is a snip from the reference in 3M: "The consultant should use codes 99446, 99447, 99... [ Read More ]

Telemedicine - mental health

Is it possible they are talking about the new codes created that do not need to follow the strict telemedicine rules? I copied for you below. Keep in mind this is NOT the same as telemedicine. To bi... [ Read More ]

Billing a Bundled CMS Code to Private Payer under Contract 99446 99447 99448 99449 econsult

My question is: is it appropriate to enter into individual contracts with private payers for eConsults and to not bill all payers across the board (and ultimately the patients for a service that is no... [ Read More ]

Billing question

My Physicians are thinking of starting Interprofessional Telephone/Internet Consultations. My question is can both the PCP and the specialist bill for the codes: (99446, 99447, 99448 and 99449) ? Tha... [ Read More ]

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