Telehealth Place of Service Code

  • December 16, 2021

    In response to a need for greater coding specificity, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revised the description for place of service (POS) code 02. They also created a new POS code 10 to address and provide greater specificity for telehealth services.  

    Telehealth services will now be distinguished as where the patient is physically located when the telehealth service is provided.  

    The new POS codes for telehealth services are:  

    • POS 02 – Telehealth Provided Other than in Patient Home
      The location where health services are provided or received through telecommunications. The patient is physically not located in their home when receiving these related health services via telecommunication technology.
    • POS 10 – Telehealth Provided in Patient Home
      The location where health services are provided or received through telecommunications. The patient is physically in their home (a location other than a hospital or facility where the patient receives care in a private residence) when receiving these related health services via telecommunications technology.  

    POS code 10 is effective with dates of service on and after January 1, 2022.  

    The Telehealth/Telemedicine Services payment policy will be updated to reflect this new POS code and available for viewing in 2022. 

     

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