A physician in the office suite provides a real-time audiovisual te…

Question

A physician in the office suite provides a real-time audiovisual telehealth visit to a Medicare patient at home. What is the coder’s best approach to place of service and telehealth reporting?

Accepted Answer

Select the telehealth-appropriate place of service and any required telehealth modifiers or indicators according to current payer rules for that claim. — Telehealth POS isn’t one sticky label forever—payers publish the construct they want. Match today’s Medicare or commercial rule for home-to-office video, including any modifier. Guessing “ED” or leaving POS blank is how clean claims go sideways.

Answer

Always use inpatient hospital POS for any video visit regardless of payer policy.

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Omit POS entirely and rely only on a telehealth CPT add-on code.

Answer

Report emergency department POS because the patient might have gone to the ED instead.

A physician in the office suite provides a real-time audiovisual telehealth visit to a Medicare patient at home. What is the coder’s best approach to place of service and telehealth reporting?

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