AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 9 (September)

Case Management Services (September 2008)

September 2008 pages 3-4 Coding Communication:Case Management Services Case Management Services Guidelines In CPT 2008, case management services is defined as a process in which a physician or another qualified health care professional is primarily responsible for the direct care of a patient as well as coordinating, managing access to, initiating, and supervising other health care services needed by the patient. Medical Team Conferences In CPT 2008, revisions were made to the introductory paragraph under the "Case Management Services" section, which includes Medical Team Conferences. The previous Team Conferences codes (99361, 99362) were deleted, and new Medical Team Conference...

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