Coding & Procedures Key For Getting Paid for E-Visits

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News E-visits—electronic medical consultations with patients via e-mail or an on-line platform—are generally considered billable when the consultation addresses a specific problem unrelated to a prior visit within the last week. Electronic consultations are billed using Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code 99444; the code was added to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in 2008. The code specifies that e-mail about lab results, follow-up prescriptions, or responding to patients’ questions about treatment sent within seven days of an office or on-line visit are not considered . . .