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99233). For CY 2006, we removed the deleted codes for
follow-up inpatient consultations from the list of approved
telehealth services.
In the CY 2008 PFS proposed rule (72 FR 38144) and
subsequent final rule with comment period (72 FR 66250), we
discussed a request we received from the ATA to add
subsequent hospital care to the list of approved telehealth
services. Because there is currently no method for
practitioners to bill for follow-up inpatient consultations
delivered via telehealth, the ATA requested that we approve
use of the subsequent hospital care codes to bill follow-up
inpatient consultations furnished via telehealth, as well
as to bill for subsequent hospital care services furnished
via telehealth that are related to the ongoing E/M of the
hospital inpatient (72 FR 66250). Since the subsequent
hospital care codes describe a broader range of services
than follow-up inpatient consultation, including some
services that may not be appropriate for addition to the
list of telehealth services, we did not add subsequent
hospital care to the list of approved telehealth services.
Instead, we committed to continue to evaluate whether, and
if so, by what mechanism subsequent hospital care could be
approved for telehealth when used for follow-up inpatient
consultations (72 FR 66249).
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