In the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 Congress mandated that Medicare provide coverage and payment for the services of health professionals who … [Read more...]
Behavioral Health Coding Compliance
Once again, with feeling: coding for behavioral health It's been a year (seems like a minute) since the OIG released a report on coding for … [Read more...]
Coding for Behavioral Health Services by Psychologists, Social Workers and Therapists
Looking for a coding resource for behavioral health therapists? It's here. Therapists use CPT codes to describe what services they perform and … [Read more...]
Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation
There are two codes for psychiatric diagnostic evaluation. 90791 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation 90792 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with … [Read more...]
Psychotherapy Codes
Individual psychotherapy codes are time based codes They may be reported as a stand alone service, or at the same visit as medication management … [Read more...]
Psychotherapy for Patients in Crisis
Page down for 2024 HCPCS codes for G0017, G0018 90839 is the code for psychotherapy for crisis; first 60 minutes. 90840 is an add-on code for each … [Read more...]
Interactive Complexity | CPT® 90785
Code 90785 is an add-on code for interactive complexity and may be added on to the diagnostic psychiatric evaluation (90791, 90792), to psychotherapy … [Read more...]