G0426 – Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 50 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth

Long description

Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 50 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth

Short description

Inpt/ed teleconsult50

Pricing indicator

13 Priced by the Medicare contractor (carrier)

Medicare coverage

C Carrier judgment – coverage decided by the Medicare contractor

BETOS category

M6 Consultations

Added

January 1, 2010

Last change

January 1, 2012 – No change

Nearby G codes

• G0418 – Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination, for prostate needle biopsy, any method, 41-60 specimens
• G0419 – Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination, for prostate needle biopsy, any method, >60 specimens
• G0420 – Face-to-face educational services related to the care of chronic kidney disease; individual, per session, per one hour
• G0421 – Face-to-face educational services related to the care of chronic kidney disease; group, per session, per one hour
• G0422 – Intensive cardiac rehabilitation; with or without continuous ecg monitoring with exercise, per session
• G0423 – Intensive cardiac rehabilitation; with or without continuous ecg monitoring; without exercise, per session
• G0424 – Pulmonary rehabilitation, including exercise (includes monitoring), one hour, per session, up to two sessions per day
• G0425 – Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 30 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth
• G0427 – Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 70 minutes or more communicating with the patient via telehealth
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• G0429 – Dermal filler injection(s) for the treatment of facial lipodystrophy syndrome (lds) (e.g., as a result of highly active antiretroviral therapy)
• G0431 – Drug screen, qualitative; multiple drug classes by high complexity test method (e.g., immunoassay, enzyme assay), per patient encounter
• G0432 – Infectious agent antibody detection by enzyme immunoassay (eia) technique, hiv-1 and/or hiv-2, screening
• G0433 – Infectious agent antibody detection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) technique, hiv-1 and/or hiv-2, screening
• G0434 – Drug screen, other than chromatographic; any number of drug classes, by clia waived test or moderate complexity test, per patient encounter
• G0435 – Infectious agent antibody detection by rapid antibody test, hiv-1 and/or hiv-2, screening