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Reader Questions: The Hard Truth about Phone Call Pay

Published in Family Practice Coding Alert, August 2010

Question: Another physician told my doctor that he’s receiving payment from his contractor for telephone calling codes. My FP would like to start using these codes as well. Does Medicare pay for telephone calls?
Colorado Subscriber
Answer: Medicare considers telephone call codes (99441- 99443) to be non-covered services. You can find a code’s status in column D of the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
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Published in Family Practice Coding Alert, August 2010
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