Medication management performed by psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners and physician assistants is billed with Evaluation and Management codes.  This could be any type of E/M service, a nursing facility service or home visit, but is most typically billed as an office/outpatient visit for an established patient, using codes 99212-99215.

Members can download the medication management and psychotherapy quick reference sheet to use as a reference.

Providing only medication management at the visit

• May use time or medical decision making (MDM) to select the level of service.
• If based on time, use total time of visit on that date of service. (Detail later in guide)