98980 Code: First 20-min RTM Services Overview

98980 - First 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; first 20 minutes."

The requirements for billing 98980 code are automatically tracked by the RTM Timer.

Requirements:

• 20 minutes of RTM treatment management services

• One interactive communication

  
  

Frequency:

• 1x per calendar month

  
  

When to bill for code 98980?

• Provider Sets up Patient in the system
• Provider renders 20 minutes of RTM treatment management services + one interactive communication in a calendar month

Billing decision:  

Bill code 98980 as soon as the code requirement is met if you think you won't be able to hit requirement for codes 98981.