Reader Questions: Add These Inpatient Codes to Your COVID Telehealth List

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Article Overview

This brief reader question addresses whether certain inpatient telehealth evaluation and management services can be reported to Medicare during the COVID-19 public health emergency. It is aimed at coders and billing staff who track Medicare telehealth policy updates and need to know which service categories are discussed in current guidance.

Why This Topic Matters

Temporary Medicare telehealth policy changes affected inpatient service reporting during the COVID-19 public health emergency, so practices needed timely updates to align billing workflows with current coverage guidance.

What You Will Learn

  • The article’s Medicare telehealth policy topic during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
  • The type of inpatient evaluation and management services discussed in the update.
  • Where to find the CMS resource referenced for telehealth coverage information.
  • The article’s time frame for the coverage update.

Who Should Read This

  • Medical coders
  • Billing staff
  • Revenue cycle teams
  • Compliance staff
  • Practice administrators

Code Ranges Discussed


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