2 code families for a video visit, set by the payer
Medicare pays the office visit codes with place of service 02 or 10. Florida Blue's commercial plans moved to 98000 to 98015 on January 1, 2026.
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You see medication patients by video, and each visit needs a code: 99214 or 98006. Check each payer's telehealth policy before you set the code.
| Payer | Code family | Place of service (POS) and modifier |
|---|---|---|
| Medicare | 99202 to 99205, 99212 to 99215 | POS 02 or 10 |
| Florida Blue Medicare Advantage | 99202 to 99205, 99212 to 99215 | Modifier 95, POS 02 or 10 |
| Florida Blue commercial plans | 98000 to 98015 | No modifier required, POS 02 or 10 |
From Medicare's 2025 and 2026 fee schedule rules and Florida Blue policy 20-069. Only Florida Blue's commercial plans take the telemedicine codes in this table.
Office visit codes, for Medicare and Florida Blue's Medicare Advantage plans
Medicare pays your video visit as an office visit. New patients take 99202 to 99205. Established patients take 99212 to 99215. Your claim carries a place of service (POS) code, 02 or 10, from Medicare's telehealth booklet, and our place of service guide shows which one fits.
Medicare doesn't pay 98000 to 98015. Medicare's 2025 fee schedule rule marked the codes not valid for Medicare, and the 2026 rule kept that status.
Medicare allows an audio-only visit, with modifier 93 on the claim, when your patient is at home and can't use video or doesn't consent to video. Florida Blue's Medicare Advantage plans take the office visit codes too, per Florida Blue's virtual visit policy. For those plans, add modifier 95 for a video visit or 93 for an audio-only visit.
Telemedicine codes, for Florida Blue's commercial plans
Florida Blue's commercial plans moved to the telemedicine codes on January 1, 2026. If you're in Florida Blue's network, your video visits take 98000 to 98007. Your audio-only visits take 98008 to 98015. Don't bill an office visit code with modifier 93 or 95 for your Florida Blue commercial patients.
Pick the code by your medical decision making or your total time. New patients take 98000 to 98003. Established patients take 98004 to 98007. You'd bill 98006 for an established patient with moderate medical decision making, the level of a 99214, or with 30 to 39 minutes of total time.
Video visit from home
Moderate medical decision making
Video visit from home
Moderate medical decision making
Both patients join from home, so both claims take place of service 10. Moderate medical decision making sets the level on both claims.
In JotPsych's appointment types, a video visit mode takes only place of service 02 or 10.
Book 15 minutes- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2025 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule, final rule, 89 FR 97710, December 9, 2024: telemedicine evaluation and management codes 98000 to 98015 assigned status indicator I, not paid separately, and their CPT descriptors (98006 at 30 minutes, 98007 at 40). Read October 5, 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2026 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule, final rule, November 5, 2025: 98000 to 98015 kept at status indicator I, not added to the Medicare Telehealth Services List. Read October 5, 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, MLN901705, Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring, December 2025: POS 02 and POS 10 for professional claims. Read October 5, 2026.
- Florida Blue, payment policy 20-069, Virtual Visits, revised January 1, 2026, paraphrased: codes for commercial and Medicare Advantage virtual visits. Read October 5, 2026.
- JotPsych, Medicare telehealth place of service: 10 at home, 02 anywhere else.