Effective July 1, 2004, CPT Code 0074T will enable providers to bill for On-line Consultations. Code 0074T is to be used to for evaluation and management service responses and related phone calls in addition to prescription renewal and laboratory orders. The code may only be used for established patient services and requires the provider to store or print a hard copy of the on-line response for documentation in the patient's medical record.

This is great news! In 1995, Codes 99371, 99372 and 99373 were introduced to capture services for telephone management. It makes sense that providers should be reimbursed for professional services rendered on-line as well as on the telephone.