CPT code 98984: RTM device supply, respiratory system, 2–15 days2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $52.11 for 98984 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $44.64–$74.83.

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

What 98984 covers

98984 represents the supply of a remote therapeutic monitoring device used to collect or transmit information about a patient’s respiratory system. The device uses scheduled recordings or programmed alerts; qualifying monitoring occurs on 2–15 days during a 30-day period. Pulmonologists, respiratory therapists, and other clinicians managing conditions such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may use this service for patients monitored outside the clinic, including at home. The code concerns respiratory-system device supply and data transmission, rather than an in-person respiratory test.

Select it by counting qualifying monitoring days in the 30-day period: 2–15 days fit 98984, while 16–30 days fit 98976. Keep records supporting the respiratory indication, device supply, transmission activity, and dates counted. Clinician treatment-management time and initial device setup and education are distinct RTM services, not part of this supply code. Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, CMS assigns 0 work RVUs, 1.55 practice-expense RVUs in both office and facility settings, and 0.01 malpractice RVUs.

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.

Where 98984 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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98984 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

How the 98984 rate is calculated

Each of 98984’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 98984

98984 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.

98984 compared with similar codes

How to choose

98976RTM device supplyRespiratory system, 16–30 days

Both cover respiratory-system RTM device supply. Choose 98984 for 2–15 qualifying monitoring days in the 30-day period and 98976 for 16–30 days.

98985RTM device supplyMusculoskeletal, 2–15 days

The day range is the same, but 98985 covers musculoskeletal-system monitoring rather than respiratory-system monitoring.

98986CBT monitoring supply2–15 days per 30 days

The day range is the same, but 98986 covers cognitive behavioral therapy monitoring rather than respiratory-system monitoring.

Codes related to 98984

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

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.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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