• Post-discharge Telephonic Follow-up Contacts Intervention | G0544
• Digital Mental Health Treatment | G0552, G0553, G0554
• Safety Planning Interventions | G0560

Post-discharge Telephonic Follow-up Contacts Intervention

HCPCS code: G0544

Descriptor: “Post discharge telephonic follow-up contacts performed in conjunction with a discharge from the emergency department for behavioral health or other crisis encounter, 4 calls per calendar month.”

2025 fee: $61.78

Key details: Seeking to address mental health issues, CMS finalized a service for telephone follow-up contacts intervention (FCI) specifically for individuals with suicide risk or risk of deliberate self-harm or intentional overdose. The FCI model involves a series of telephone follow-ups in the weeks and months following a patient’s discharge from the emergency department. This is not considered a telehealth service, because they are audio-only and are not a substitute for an in-person service.

The purpose of the calls is to encourage the use of a Safety Plan, update the plan to optimize effectiveness, express psychosocial support and help to facilitate engagement in any needed follow up care. These are the activities that should be documented.

G0544 is a monthly billing code when furnishing follow-up contacts intervention following a crisis encounter in the ED. Under the rule, CMS finalized several important billing requirements.