Telepsych Medication Management

[KMilsap]

Can somebody please tell me how I should be coding visits for Telepsychiatry where a Physician is seeing a patient for Medication Management? My gut tells me to go with an E/M instead of 90832, but the CPT book says that in order to use an E/M, it must be a face-to-face visit ... is Telehealth considered face-to-face? Any help and input would be appreciated! Thanks in advance

 

[kerryann]

Your gut is correct. It you look in your CPT book, there is a symbol (star) next to the E/M codes 99201-99215. This symbol indicates these codes may be used to report telemedicine when appended by modifier 95. You can also reference Appendix P in your book for the codes that can be used.

 

[Tarheelcoder]

Some payers may require the use of modifier GT, so it is always important to always check with the individual payer.

 

[briansmith99]

Some may also require you to pair the modifier GT with a place of service code 02.