You Be the Coder:
Consider Including Telephone E/M in History or MDM
Published on Fri Jul 11, 2014
Question: We have a new patient that called his physician to discuss his visit that took place three days prior to the call. How do I code for this? Minnesota Subscriber Answer: Unfortunately, depending on the payer you are billing to, the call on its own may not be billable. Very few payers, Medicare included, reimburse for telephone call codes 99441–99443 [...]