tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 29

Reader Questions: The Hard Truth about Phone Call Pa

Question: Another physician told my doctor that he's receiving payment from his contractor for telephone calling codes. My doctor would like to start using these codes as well. Does Medicare pay for telephone calls?Answer: Medicare considers telephone call codes (99441- 99443) to be non-covered services. You can find a code's status in column D of the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.Time saver: Hate searching the Excel file? Look under Supercoder.com's code fee schedule status information for easy to read results as shown below:Silver lining: Your physician technically is getting paid for telephone calls made in relation...

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