When a PT/OT/ST is going to perform telehealth services, use the following CPT codes

and append CR modifier. It may also need a 95/GT/GQ based on the payer, the billing side will determine that once we receive your claim.

As per CMS’s latest update, PTs, OTs, and SLPs can bill Medicare (and receive payment) for the following telehealth services:

G2061: Qualified non-physician healthcare professional online assessment and management, for an established patient, for up to seven days, cumulative time during the 7 days; 5–10 minutes

G2062: Qualified non-physician healthcare professional online assessment and management service, for an established patient, for up to seven days, cumulative time during the 7 days; 11–20 minutes

G2063: Qualified non-physician qualified healthcare professional assessment and management service, for an established patient, for up to seven days, cumulative time during the 7 days; 21 or more minutes.”

Modifier CR
The CR modifier—which indicates that services are catastrophe/disaster-related—is mandatory when billing Medicare using the CPT codes for COVID-19-related E-Visits, which were recently made available to rehab therapists. (These codes are defined in the “Updated Coverage of Rehab Therapy Telehealth” subsection below.) This modifier is reserved for claims for which Medicare Part B payment is conditioned directly or indirectly on presence of a “formal waiver” like the one issued in response to COVID-19. It should be used for qualifying Part B items and services related to both institutional and non-institutional billing. (For reference, non-institutional billing includes claims—either a CMS-1500 paper claim form or an ANSI ASC X12 837P electronic claim—submitted by physicians and other suppliers.)