New CPT Code 99439 Replacement for CPT G2058

The chronic care management additional 20 minutes add-on CPT code G2058 was deleted from Jan 1, 2021, and the new code chronic care management CPT 99439 was introduced for the same.

G2058 - Chronic care management services, each additional 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by a physician or other qualified health care professional, per calendar month (List separately in addition to code for the primary procedure - 99490)

99439 - Chronic care management services with the following required elements: multiple (two or more) chronic conditions; each additional 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by a physician or other qualified health care professional, per calendar month (List separately in addition to code for the primary procedure)

• Use 99439 in conjunction with 99490 and Chronic care management services of less than 20 minutes duration, in a calendar month, are not reported separately

• Do not report 99439 more than twice per calendar month

• Do not report 99439, 99490 in the same calendar month with 90951-90970, 99339, 99340, 99374, 99375, 99377, 99378, 99379, 99380, 99487, 99489, 99491, 99605, 99606, 99607

• Do not report 99439, 99490 for service time reported with 93792, 93793, 98960, 98961, 98962, 98966, 98967, 98968, 98970, 98971, 98972, 99071, 99078, 99080, 99091, 99358, 99359, 99366, 99367, 99368, 99421, 99422, 99423, 99441, 99442, 99443, 99605, 99606, 99607

Tips

The total duration of the staff care management services must meet the time listed in the code descriptor to be reported. 

For instance, for services totaling 40 minutes, you may report 99490 (first 20 minutes) and +99439 (additional 20 minutes). 

But for 39 minutes, you should report only 99490. A total of 39 minutes does not meet the requirement of 20 minutes for 99490 and another 20 minutes for +99439.

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CCM - Complex Chronic Care Management

CPT Codes

99487 - Complex chronic care management services can be billed with following criteria are met

• Multiple (two or more) chronic conditions expected to last at least 12 months, or until the death of the patient.
• Chronic conditions place the patient at significant risk of death, acute exacerbation/ decompensation, or functional decline
• Establishment or substantial revision of a comprehensive care plan
• Moderate or high complexity medical decision making

Complex chronic care management services of less than 60 minutes duration, in a calendar month, are not reported separately

99489 - Each additional 30 minutes of clinical staff time directed by a physician or other qualified health care professional, per calendar month (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure). 

Report 99489 in conjunction with 99487. 

Do not report 99489 for care management services of less than 30 minutes additional to the first 60 minutes of complex CCM services during a calendar month.

Guidelines

60 minutes of clinical staff time directed by a physician or other qualified health care professional, per calendar month

This practitioner must only report either complex or non-complex CCM for a given patient for the month (not both).

Complex CCM services of less than 60 minutes in duration, in a calendar month, are not reported separately

Eligible Provider's

• Physicians and the following non-physician practitioners may bill CCM services,
• Certified Nurse Midwives
• Clinical Nurse Specialists
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Assistants

The CCM service is not within the scope of practice of limited-license physicians and practitioners such as clinical psychologists, podiatrists, or dentists, although practitioners may refer or consult with such physicians and practitioners to coordinate and manage care.

CCM services that are not provided personally by the billing practitioner are provided by clinical staff under the direction of the billing practitioner on an “incident to” basis (as an integral part of services provided by the billing practitioner)

A comprehensive care plan for all health issues typically includes, but is not limited to, the following elements,

• Problem list
• Expected outcome and prognosis
• Measurable treatment goals
• Symptom management
• Planned interventions and identification of the individuals responsible for each intervention
• Medication management
• Community/social services ordered
• A description of how services of agencies and specialists outside the practice are directed/coordinated
• Schedule for periodic review and, when applicable, revision of the care plan

Initiating Visit 

• Initiation during an AWV, IPPE, or face-to-face E/M visit (Level 4 or 5 visits not required), for new patients or patients not seen within 1 year prior to the commencement of CCM services.

Practitioners who furnish a CCM initiating visit and personally perform extensive assessment and CCM care planning outside of the usual effort described by the initiating visit code may also bill HCPCS code G0506

G0506 - Comprehensive assessment of and care planning by the physician or other qualified health care professional for patients requiring chronic care management services [billed separately from monthly care management services] [Add-on code, list separately in addition to primary service].

G0506 is reportable once per CCM billing practitioner, in conjunction with CCM initiation.

Note: The billing practitioner cannot report both complex CCM and non-complex CCM for a given patient for a given calendar month. Do not report 99491 in the same calendar month as 99487, 99489, 99490.

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Chronic Care Management (CCM) Guidelines

The Medicare began paying separately under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for CCM services furnished to Medicare patients with multiple chronic conditions from 2015

Guidelines

• Multiple (two or more) chronic conditions expected to last at least 12 months, or until the death of the patient

• Chronic conditions place the patient at significant risk of death, acute exacerbation/ decompensation, or functional decline

• Comprehensive care plan established, implemented, revised, or monitored

• Only one practitioner may be paid for CCM services for a given calendar month.

• This practitioner must only report either complex or non-complex CCM for a given patient for the month (not both).

• CCM may be billed most frequently by primary care practitioners, although in certain circumstances specialty practitioners may provide and bill for CCM.

• The CCM service is not within the scope of practice of limited-license physicians and practitioners such as clinical psychologists, podiatrists, or dentists, although practitioners may refer or consult with such physicians and practitioners to coordinate and manage care.

• CCM services that are not provided personally by the billing practitioner are provided by clinical staff under the direction of the billing practitioner on an “incident to” basis (as an integral part of services provided by the billing practitioner),

 

CPT Codes

 

99490 - Chronic care management services, at least 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by a physician or other qualified health care professional, per calendar month,

99491 - Chronic care management services, provided personally by a physician or other qualified health care professional, at least 30 minutes per calendar month,

 

Eligible Provider's

 

• Physicians and the following non-physician practitioners may bill CCM services,
• Certified Nurse Midwives
• Clinical Nurse Specialists
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Assistants

 

Examples of chronic conditions include, but are not limited to, the following,

• Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia
• Arthritis (osteoarthritis and rheumatoid)
• Asthma
• Atrial fibrillation
• Autism spectrum disorders
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Depression
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS

 

Note:

CPT code 99491 includes only time that is spent personally by the billing practitioner. Clinical staff time is not counted towards the required time threshold for reporting this code.

The billing practitioner cannot report both complex CCM and non-complex CCM for a given patient for a given calendar month. Do not report 99491 in the same calendar month as 99487, 99489, 99490.

See Complex Chronic Care Management

See New CCM Code