CPT code 98977
What Are the Rules for Billing Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Codes?
Remote monitoring of patients is a way for healthcare providers to access information about patients who are not in the provider’s presence. Healthcare providers gather data from their patients without requiring the patient to visit a doctor’s office and submit it to on-site testing. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is an established part of medical practice […]
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) CPT Reimbursement Codes for 2022 – CPT Codes 99453, 99454, 99457, 99458, 99091, 98975, 98976, 98977, 98980, and 98981
CPT codes for the provision of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) include: CPT Code 99453:Remote monitoring of physiologic parameter(s) (e.g., weight, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, respiratory flow rate), plus initial set-up and patient education on use of equipment. (Initial set-up and patient education of monitoring equipment included; do not report 99453 for monitoring of less than […]
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM): What your rehab team should know about the final rule
One positive outcome published in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Final Rule on the 2022 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule was clarification around the use of RTM codes. In an era of aiming to promote aging in place, supporting effective transitions across care environments and most importantly the evolution of alternative options to traditional care models, […]