decisionhealth Newsletters, Coder Pink Sheets - 2025 Issue 5 (May)
New coding guidance: Catch 34 technical corrections for telemedicine services
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Article Overview
This article summarizes AMA technical corrections to 2025 CPT guidance related to telemedicine services. It is aimed at coders, billing staff, compliance teams, and clinicians who need to understand where the updated guidance appears across CPT chapters and which service categories are affected. The article organizes the corrections by manual section and highlights the broad types of telemedicine-related guidance addressed in the update.
Why This Topic Matters
The update consolidates a large set of 2025 CPT telemedicine corrections into a single reference point, helping readers recognize where manual guidance changed and which service families are implicated. It is useful for anyone reviewing telehealth documentation, charge capture, or CPT manual updates.
Article Sections
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Evaluation and Management / Telemedicine Services
General telemedicine guidance within the E/M chapter, including the new service categories and related editorial corrections.
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Evaluation and Management / Prolonged Services
Corrections affecting prolonged service guidance in the E/M chapter.
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Evaluation and Management / Preventive Medicine Services
Updates involving preventive medicine guidance in relation to telemedicine services.
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Evaluation and Management / Non-Face-to-Face Services
Revisions to non-face-to-face service guidance, including telephone, online, interprofessional, remote monitoring, and related categories.
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Evaluation and Management / Newborn Care Services
Telemedicine-related guidance connected to newborn care and post-discharge follow-up services.
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Evaluation and Management / Cognitive Assessment and Care Plan Services
Telemedicine guidance related to cognitive assessment and care planning.
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Evaluation and Management / Care Management Services
Corrections affecting chronic, complex, and principal care management guidance.
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Evaluation and Management / Advance Care Planning
Updates related to advance care planning and telemedicine.
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Surgery / Maternity Care and Delivery
Telemedicine guidance affecting maternity care, postpartum services, and abortion-related content.
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Medicine / Psychiatry
Corrections involving psychiatry, diagnostic procedures, psychotherapy, and pharmacologic management.
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Medicine / Dialysis
Telemedicine-related corrections for dialysis services.
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Medicine / Cardiovascular
Updates involving cardiovascular and anticoagulant-related services.
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Medicine / Pulmonary
Corrections affecting pulmonary diagnostic, rehabilitation, and therapeutic services.
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Medicine / Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Telemedicine-related guidance for allergy and immunology services.
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Medicine / Behavior Management Services
Corrections involving behavior management and counseling-related services.
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Medicine / Hydration, Injections, Infusions, and Chemotherapy Services
Updates involving hydration, injection, infusion, and chemotherapy service guidance.
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Medicine / Education and Training for Patient Self-Management
Telemedicine guidance connected to patient self-management education and training.
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Medicine / Non-Face-to-Face Non-Physician QHP Services
Corrections affecting telephone and other non-face-to-face services reported by non-physician qualified health professionals.
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Medicine / Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Treatment Management
Updates involving remote therapeutic monitoring treatment management guidance.
What You Will Learn
- Which CPT chapters and sections received telemedicine-related technical corrections
- Which broad service categories were updated in the 2025 CPT manual
- How the article organizes telemedicine guidance changes by specialty area
- Which portions of the update relate to E/M, surgery, and medicine content
- What kinds of telemedicine-related topics are covered in the correction summary
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Billing and reimbursement staff
- Compliance professionals
- Physician practices
- Telehealth administrators
- Clinical documentation staff
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Code Ranges Discussed
Modifiers Discussed
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