DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2020 Issue 4 (April)

Telehealth by phone? Maybe, but use the right codes

Question: A provider was using the new flexibility CMS offers to do telehealth visits by Skype when his transmission was interrupted and he had to finish the encounter by talking with the patient on the phone, with no visual component. He was conducting an E/M visit, and his notes suggest a 99212. Can I bill for that?

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