HHS Notice: Claims for Telephonic Behavioral Health and Medical Services
Date: 03/24/20
Note: Please view UPDATED: Temporary EVV Policies for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) for an updated end date for this guidance.
To help ensure continuity of care during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) response, Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) is authorizing providers to submit claims for dates of service March 20, 2020, through April 30, 2020, for reimbursement of the following behavioral health and medical services delivered by telephone (audio only):
Behavioral Health Services
Description of Services | Procedure Codes |
|---|---|
Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation | 90791, 90792 |
Psychotherapy | 90832, 90834, 90837, 90846, 90847, 90853 |
Peer Specialist Services | H0038 |
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) | 99408, G2011, H0049 |
Substance Use Disorder Services | H0001, H0004, H0005 |
Mental Health Rehabilitation | H0034, H2011, H2012, H2014, H2017 |
Medical Services
Description of Services | Procedure Codes |
|---|---|
Evaluation and Management (E/M) | 99201, 99202, 99203, 99204, 99205, 99211, 99212, 99213, 99214, 99215 |
Providers should continue to use the 95 modifier to indicate the occurrence of remote delivery.
For full details, please reference the following Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership articles:
- Claims for Telephone (Audio Only) Behavioral Health Services
- Claims for Telephone (Audio Only) Medical Services