CMS finalized its physician fee schedule for 2021 in December, adding more than 60 services to Medicare’s telehealth list to ensure they are covered beyond the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The March 17 notice removes four codes from the newly established Category 3 list of approved telehealth services, which CMS said were inadvertently included on the list. Services listed under Category 3 will remain on the Medicare telehealth services through the calendar year in which the public health emergency ends.
Here are the four telehealth codes CMS removed:
1. 96121: Neurobehavioral status exam by physician or other qualified health professional
2. 99221: Initial hospital care
3. 99222: Initial hospital care
4. 99223: Initial hospital care
Click here to view the full notice.
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