AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 8 (August)

Medicine: Psychiatry (Q&A) (August 2014)

August 2014 page 15a-end Medicine: Psychiatry Question: How does code 90853, Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group), differ from code 90849, Multiple-family group psychotherapy? Answer: Code 90849 is used when multiple families meet, typically in hospitals and drug treatment centers, to share experiences, give and receive support, acquire insight, and develop new ways of coping or behaving under the direction of co-leaders, who foster therapeutic interaction and maintain a safe and supportive environment for patients being treated. Code 90849 should be reported separately for each family group participating in the session. Code 90853 is used to report...

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