BC Advantage - 2008 Issue 4

CPT 2008 OFFERS NEW CODES FOR PHYSICIANS AND QUALIFIED NON-PHYSICIAN PROVIDERS TO CHARGE FOR TELEPHONE AND ON-LINE SERVICES

In 1995, the AMA introduced three CPT codes to enable physicians to bill for telephone management services. Telephone management was described as calls between physicians and physicians, physicians and patients and/or calls between physicians and other healthcare professionals such as therapists and pharmacists to coordinate the healthcare of patients. The vagueness of the code descriptions (brief, intermediate, complex) left room for wide interpretation. Additionally, physicians could only charge for telephone management if they were personally involved in the calls.Then on July 1, 2004, CPT introduced Category III Code 0074T to bill for on-line services rendered by physicians. Category...

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