tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2019 Issue 4

Reader Question: Don’t Miss Physician CCM Code

Question: Is there a way to report chronic care management when the physician provides the service, not just the professional staff? Texas Subscriber Answer: Yes, you may use a new CPT® 2019 code to bill physician chronic care management (CCM) services. The code is 99491 (Chronic care management services, provided personally by a physician or other qualified health care professional, at least 30 minutes of physician or other qualified health care professional time, per calendar month …). Prior to the addition of this code, you had only the code for clinical staff time supervised by a physician, which...

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