Coding Correction: Reporting Telephone Services (March 2019)

March 2019 pages 8-9 Coding Correction: Reporting Telephone Services In the January 2019 issue of CPT Assistant, the code range for non-face-to-face telephone services was incorrectly listed as codes 99371-99373 in the article, "Coding Brief: Prolonged Services Without Direct Patient Contact" (p 13). The correct code range is codes 99441-99443. Coding Correction: Reporting Telephone Services. CPT® Assistant. 2019; March 2019 pages 8-9 ...

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Article Overview

This short CPT Assistant correction notice is aimed at coding professionals who track editorial updates to professional billing guidance. It addresses a prior publication error involving a telephone-services code range and clarifies the corrected range in the context of CPT Assistant content.

Why This Topic Matters

Readers who rely on published coding guidance need to know when an earlier article contained an incorrect code range so they can align their reference materials with the corrected information.

Article Sections

  1. March 2019 pages 8-9

    A short correction notice from CPT Assistant identifying a previously published error and the corrected reference in the same general topic area.

What You Will Learn

  • How this correction notice identifies a prior publication issue
  • Where the update appears in CPT Assistant
  • What type of coding reference the article is correcting
  • How editorial corrections are communicated in a coding publication

Who Should Read This

  • Medical coders
  • Coding educators
  • Billing staff
  • Compliance teams
  • Healthcare documentation specialists

Code Ranges Discussed


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