PARA Weekly eJournal: January 19, 2022
AUDIO-ONLY TELEHEALTH CODING FOR 2022
Ef f ect iv eJanuar y 1, 2022, physicians and qualified health care providers who render telehealth services through audio-only real-time telecommunications may append m odif ier 93 to the CPT® on the professional fee claim. The instruction was provided by the American Medical Association: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/ cpt-appendix-a-modifier-93.pdf
CMS updated the telehealth services list on November 1, 2021. It is available as a download from the link below. Column D, ?Can Audio-only Interaction Meet the Requirements?? identifies those services with a ?Yes.?At the time of publication, Medicare has not indicated modifier 93 is required.
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-general-information/telehealth/telehealth-codes
Further instruction from Medicare is expected in the coming weeks.When it is available, Par aRev will publish an update to this paper. 13