tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2020 Issue Q4

Reader Questions: Pocket the Particulars on New PHE PPE Code

Question: Can you offer some guidance on the new CPT® code for reporting additional practice expenses during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) that was released on September 8? What does it include, and how and when can we use it? Nebraska Subscriber Answer: The American Medical Association (AMA) introduced 99072 (Additional supplies, materials, and clinical staff time over and above those usually included in an office visit or other nonfacility service(s), when performed during a Public Health Emergency, as defined by law, due to respiratory-transmitted infectious disease) “in response to the significant additional practice expenses related to...

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