CPT code 98979: RTM management, first 10 minutes2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $25.15 for 98979 in the office and $11.37 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 98979 covers

This code covers monthly management of a remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) program, such as reviewing transmitted information about a patient’s respiratory condition, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, or cognitive behavioral therapy and using it to guide care. A treating physician or other qualified health care professional may provide this work while the patient follows a therapy plan at home. The management can include reviewing relevant RTM data, discussing the patient’s response or adherence, and addressing the treatment plan through an interactive exchange with the patient or caregiver.

Report the code for the first 10 minutes of the physician’s or qualified professional’s RTM treatment-management time accumulated during the calendar month, with at least one interactive communication with the patient or caregiver that month. The record should identify the RTM program, the management work performed, the time counted, and the interactive communication. Select this code when the monthly management time supports its 10-minute level rather than the 20-minute level represented by 98980. RTM setup, patient education, and device-supply services are represented by separate codes in the RTM family.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How New Mexico compares for 98979

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 98979 runs from $24.01 in Arkansas to $34.31 in San Benito County, CA. New Mexico pays $25.15. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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98979 rates by state

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How the 98979 rate is calculated

Each of 98979’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 98979

98979 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

Codes related to 98979

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 98979 has changed in New Mexico

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Where the New Mexico rate applies

New Mexico is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 528 cities and communities in New Mexico. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abeytas
• Abiquiu
• Acomita Lake
• Adelino
• Agua Fria
• Alamillo
• Alamo
• Alamogordo

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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