US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 12, § 190.3
List of Medicare Telehealth Services
The use of a telecommunications system may substitute for an in-person encounter for
professional consultations, office visits, office psychiatry services, and a limited number
of other physician fee schedule (PFS) services. The various services and corresponding
current procedure terminology (CPT) or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
(HCPCS) codes are listed on the CMS website at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-General-Information/Telehealth/
NOTE: Beginning January 1, 2010, CMS eliminated the use of all consultation codes,
except for inpatient telehealth consultation G-codes. CMS no longer recognizes
office/outpatient or inpatient consultation CPT codes for payment of office/outpatient or
inpatient visits. Instead, physicians and practitioners are instructed to bill a new or
established patient office/outpatient visit CPT code or appropriate hospital or nursing
facility care code, as appropriate to the particular patient, for all office/outpatient or
inpatient visits.
History
(Rev. 3476, Issued: 03-11-16, Effective: 01-01-15, Effective: 04-11-16)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
83280fcd444773a55faa39b606ce2049887fcf39a886b51552f7b8c419c3d33e
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