AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 12 (December)

Psychiatry Changes for 2017 (December 2016)

December 2016 pages 11-12 Psychiatry Changes for 2017 In 2013, the Psychiatry section of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set has been significantly revised. This section continues to evolve to provide granularity to allow appropriate reporting of these services. For 2017, code revisions have been made to distinguish the reporting of codes 90832, 90833, 90834, 90836, 90837, and 90838 for "individual psychotherapy" and codes 90846 and 90847 for "family psychotherapy." Also, related guidelines have been revised to provide direction on how to report the time spent providing these services. This article provides an overview of these...

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