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New Audio Only Telemedicine CPT Modifier Effective January 1, 2022
The American Medical Association has created a new modifier, Modifier 93, to describe real-time telemedicine services between a patient and their physician, or other qualified healthcare professional, using audio only telecommunications systems. The panel approved the new code at the September 2021 CPT Editorial Panel Meeting. Modifier 93 should only be used when the service is of an amount and nature that would meet the key components and/or requirements of the same service if it were rendered via a face-to-face interaction.
Modifier 93 descriptor
Synchronous telemedicine service rendered via telephone or other real-time interactive audio-only telecommunications system
Synchronous telemedicine service is defined as a real-time interaction between a physician or other qualified health care professional and a patient who is located away at a distant site from the physician or other qualified health care professional.
The totality of the communication of information exchanged between the physician or other qualified health care professional and the patient during the course of the synchronous telemedicine service must be of an amount and nature that is sufficient to meet the key components and/or requirements of the same service when rendered via a face-to-face interaction.
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The American Medical Association has created a new modifier, Modifier 93, to describe real-time telemedicine services between a patient and their physician, or other qualified healthcare professional, using audio only telecommunications systems. The panel approved the new code at the September 2021 CPT Editorial Panel Meeting. Modifier 93 should only be used when the service is of an amount and nature that would meet the key components and/or requirements of the same service if it were rendered via a face-to-face interaction.
Modifier 93 descriptor
Synchronous telemedicine service rendered via telephone or other real-time interactive audio-only telecommunications system
Synchronous telemedicine service is defined as a real-time interaction between a physician or other qualified health care professional and a patient who is located away at a distant site from the physician or other qualified health care professional.
The totality of the communication of information exchanged between the physician or other qualified health care professional and the patient during the course of the synchronous telemedicine service must be of an amount and nature that is sufficient to meet the key components and/or requirements of the same service when rendered via a face-to-face interaction.
CPT® Appendix T and Modifier 93: Audio-only medical services
Review CPT Appendix T which is a listing of CPT codes that may be used for reporting audio-only services when appended with Modifier 93.
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