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    "code": "99441",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/99441/2014/B",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/99441/2019/A",
    "description": "A medical consultation carried out entirely by telephone — voice only, no video — between an established patient and their physician or other qualified clinician. This is the shortest of the three time bands, covering roughly five to ten minutes of actual medical discussion. It is meant for calls that stand on their own as the care episode, not for a quick word that is really part of a recent or upcoming office visit.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "Did Medicare pay separately for CPT 99441 in Q1 2019?",
        "text": "Not at a published national rate. CPT 99441 carries status N (non-covered) in the Q1 2019 release. Medicare covers no part of this service. Treat the blank amount as unpriced, not as $0."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2019,
        "quarter": "A",
        "label": "Q1 2019",
        "effective": "January 1 – March 31, 2019",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "N",
        "non_facility_payable": false,
        "facility_payable": false
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": null,
        "facility": null,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": null,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": null,
        "practice_expense_facility": null,
        "malpractice": null
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 36.0391,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q1 2019)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu19a.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2019/A",
        "file": "PPRRVU19_V1213.csv",
        "row": 16902,
        "sha256": "027b1b615e25a1c68ccff88175acf40056bc59d858295f8e37b0c5a88a2e7d35"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:08:45+00:00"
}