When providing both medication management and psychotherapy, practitioners need to document the time spent in psychotherapy and describe the therapy. … [Read more...]
Behavioral health and telemedicine
Updated May 15, 2020 Behavioral health services have long been on Medicare’s list of services that could be provided via telemedicine. However, … [Read more...]
Psychiatry Exam Cheat Sheet
Psychiatrists and psychiatric NPs and PAs often use E/M codes to report services. In addition to using a psychiatric diagnostic evaluation code, … [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...]
Overview of diagnosis coding for behavioral health services
DSM-5 From the American Psychiatric Association, “The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the handbook used by health … [Read more...]
Medication management and Psychotherapy
Medication management performed by psychiatrists and medical psychiatric nurse practitioners and physician assistants is billed with Evaluation and … [Read more...]
Medication management and psychotherapy cheatsheet
This quick reference sheet illustrates the coding and documentation requirements for medication management services with, or without … [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
90839 is the code for psychotherapy for crisis; first 60 minutes. 90840 is an add-on code for each additional 30 minutes of time spent with a patient … [Read more...]
Family and group therapy codes
Group therapy Group psychotherapy is reported with code 90853. This is not a time-based code: one unit of service should be reported for each … [Read more...]
Coding for Behavioral Health Services | Webinar
Recorded June 20, 2019 This webinar describes CPT® coding for behavioral health services, including services performed by therapists, psychiatrists … [Read more...]
Teaching Physician Rules – Psychiatric Services
Billing for psychiatric services under the teaching physician rules Psychiatrists use two distinct sets of codes, and so must know two sets of … [Read more...]
E/M frequency data for psychiatrists
CMS releases E/M frequency data annually. A physician self-elects their specialty designation when enrolling with Medicare. This is the data for … [Read more...]
Coding Guide – Behavioral Health Services
2020 Behavioral Health Coding Guide Also available in print form - ORDER HERE The coding for psychiatric and psychotherapy services changed in … [Read more...]
Time based rules | Behavioral health services
Psychiatrists, psychiatric NPs and psychiatric PAs provide medication management using E/M codes and psychotherapy services. There are specific rules … [Read more...]
History | Documentation Guidelines for E/M Services
Definition History is one of the three key components (history, exam, and medical decision making) of Evaluation and Management Services. You can … [Read more...]