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HCPCS Code for Sign language or oral interpretive services, per 15 minutes T1013

HCPCS code T1013 for Sign language or oral interpretive services, per 15 minutes as maintained by CMS falls under Other Services .

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Sign language or oral interpretive services, per 15 minutes

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Interactive Complexity and Translation Services
CPT 90785 represents the additional work to the [I]provider[/I] involved in a psychotherapy service when one of the four listed communication difficulties are present, which includes cases where a tra... [ Read More ]
Translation Services
Does anyone know how to bill for translation services? I see T1013, however the code has been denied, because the service is not medical? I need some assistance. Also, would someone know the payers co... [ Read More ]
Interpreter services
I work for an FQHC that bills for translation services for our patients. We do get payment from most of our insurance companies. We bill T1013- Z60.3 - acculturation difficulties ( most of our pat... [ Read More ]
Billing for T1013
[b]T1013[/b] Hello, As per Gordon Hinckely thread, what he explained is correct. I just read in one of the bcbs site that it should be at least 8 min time in order to consider as 1 unit and if the t... [ Read More ]
Billing multiple T1013 (interpreter services) in one day
I code for a behavioral health clinic that services refugees so interpreter services are used for a lot of the patients. The issue comes where the patient is seeing two different providers, on the sa... [ Read More ]
Billing for T1013
Hello, I just re-read page 7-8 of my CPT 2018 Professional, and I am not finding the information that you explained in reference to the units of time. When I read the explanation of T1013 it says per... [ Read More ]
Billing for Interpreter Services
Does anyone use T1013 and bill for interpreter services? If so, what is your fee per 15 minutes? I know medicaid will not pay for these services but has anyone had luck with commercial payors? We h... [ Read More ]
Face to face E/M and the "unit of time is reached when the mid-point is passed" rule
[b]Face to face E/M and the "unit of time is reached when the mid-point is passed" rule[/b] When billing for E/M based on time--it's the total amount of face to face time, such as 25 minutes for 9921... [ Read More ]
Interpreter Services
[QUOTE="arlauckasjean@gmail.com, post: 436353, member: 151631"]How does one bill for interpreter services if the time documented is greater than 15 minutes but less than 30? for example 18 minutes.[/... [ Read More ]
Billing for T1013
The way any time-based code is counted in terms of units per the CPT book, is the amount of time has to be greater than the midpoint. So for example, for one unit of T1013 (15 minutes), documentation ... [ Read More ]
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