CPT code 98986: CBT monitoring supply, 2–15 days per 30 days2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 98986 in New Mexico.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 98986 nationwide

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

What 98986 covers

Code 98986 identifies remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) device supply for cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), in the short 2–15-day range. It is specific to CBT monitoring, rather than respiratory-system or musculoskeletal-system monitoring, which have separate RTM supply codes. The CBT sibling code 98978 represents the 16–30-day range. Selection turns on the monitored subject and the number of days in the supply interval. This code represents device supply, not the separate RTM treatment-management service represented by codes such as 98979–98981. It is not a code for providing CBT itself.

Medicare assigns 98986 physician fee schedule status C, or carrier priced. CMS publishes no national payment; the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. Report the code for the CBT device-supply interval of 2–15 days, rather than the longer interval represented by 98978.

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 98986

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How the 98986 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 98986

98986 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 98986

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How 98986 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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