98981 Code: Additional 20-min RTM Services Overview

98981 - Additional 20-min RTM services

"The amount of remote therapeutic monitoring, treatment management, physician (or other qualified health care professional) time spent in a calendar month, necessitating at least one interactive communication with the patient or caregiver throughout the calendar month; each additional 20 minutes."

The requirements for the 98981 billing code are automatically tracked by the RTM Timer.

 

Requirements:

• 20 minutes of RTM treatment management services
• No additional live interaction is required, just an additional 20 minutes of RTM monitoring
• Code 98981 needs to billed together with code 98980 to get reimbursed, if billed seperately code 98981 will be denied.

Frequency:

• Multiple times per calendar month

Average Reimbursement: ~$40