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2020 CPT Billing for 99421-99423 DIgital E/M

8/12/2020

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Understanding the 2020 CPT codes 99421, 99422, 99423 Online Digital Evaluation and Management, E/M Services for Physicians and Non-Physicians Practitioners
Your Billable Codes for Digital CPT Codes are as follows:

CPT Code 99421
Online digital evaluation and management service, for an established patient, for up to 7 days, cumulative time during the 7 days; 5–10 minutes

CPT Code 99422
Online digital evaluation and management service, for an established patient, for up to 7 days cumulative time during the 7 days; 11– 20 minutes

CPT Code 99423
Online digital evaluation and management service, for an established patient, for up to 7 days, cumulative time during the 7 days; 21 or more minutes.
​These codes are for use when E/M services are performed, of a type that would be done face-to-face, through a HIPAA compliant secure platform. These are for patient-initiated communications, and may be billed by clinicians who may independently bill an E/M service. They may not be used for work done by clinical staff or for clinicians who do not have E/M services in their scope of practice.
​Report these services once during a 7-day period, for the cumulative time. 
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According to CPT®:
“The seven-day period begins with the physician’s or other qualified health care professional’s (QHP) initial, personal review of the patient-generated inquiry. Physician’s or other QHP’s cumulative service time includes review of the initial inquiry, review of patient records or data pertinent to assessment of the patient’s problem, personal physician or other QHP interaction with clinical staff focused on the patient’s problem, development of management plans, including physician  or other QHP generation of prescriptions or ordering of tests, and subsequent communication with the patient through online, telephone, email, or other digitally supported communication, which does not otherwise represent separately reported E/M service.”
​So how about the Clinicians who may not independently bill for evaluation and management visits? 
For example are the:
Physical therapists
Occupational therapists
Speech Language pathologists
Clinical psychologists
Here are your codes:

For Commercial Insurance Payers, use the following codes:

CPT Code 98970 Qualified nonphysician health care professional online digital evaluation and management
service, for an established patient, for up to 7 days, cumulative time during the 7 days; 5-10 minutes

CPT Code 98971  Qualified nonphysician health care professional online digital evaluation and management
service, for an established patient, for up to 7 days, cumulative time during the 7 days; 11-20 minutes

CPT Code 98972  Qualified nonphysician health care professional online digital evaluation and management
service, for an established patient, for up to 7 days, cumulative time during the 7 days; 21 minutes or more

Reference: Per CPT, CPT© E/M services codes 98970—98972 that says:
Per CPT; “For online digital E/M services provided by a qualified nonphysician health care professional who may not report the physician or other qualified health care professional E/M services (eg, speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, dietitians), see 98970, 98971, 98972).”

And how about for Medicare Beneficiaries?

For Medicare Beneficiaries, they have a set of HCPCS Codes that we can use (CMS does not recognize CPT Codes 98970-98972) - continue reading below
HCPCS Code G2061: 
Qualified non-physician healthcare professional online assessment and management, for an established patient, for up to seven days, cumulative time during the 7 days; 5–10 minutes

HCPCS Code G2062: 
Qualified non-physician healthcare professional online assessment and management service, for an established patient, for up to seven days, cumulative time during the 7 days; 11–20 minutes

HCPCS Code G2063:
Qualified non-physician qualified healthcare professional assessment and management service, for an established patient, for up to seven days, cumulative time during the 7 days; 21 or more minutes.
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References: CPT 2020, CMS Guideline and Finial Ruling.

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