Medicare Benefit Policy- Medicare Telehealth Services Update
Guidance for contractors informing that the narrative describing the list of telehealth services was updated to reflect the current list of Medicare telehealth services. chapter 15, section 270.2 was revised to reflect these changes. Follow-up inpatient consultation and confirmatory consultation as described by CPT codes 99261 through 99263 and CPT codes 99271 through 99275 have also been removed.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: July 07, 2006
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