tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2021 Issue Q3

Evaluation and Management: Turn to Virtual Check-In for Telephone-Only E/M

Distinguish G-codes from 99441-99443. While you may have focused on telehealth services during the pandemic, virtual check-ins have gotten less attention but remain a constant and integral part of general surgery practice E/M services as the Public Health Emergency (PHE) has extended into 2021. Let our experts untangle the 2021 and older CPT® and HCPCS Level II codes that you might use for physician and other provider virtual check-in services, focusing on synchronous audio exchanges via telephone. Refresher: Technically, a virtual check-in includes any brief patient communication with a provider via a number of communication technology modalities. In addition...

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