AMA CPT® Assistant - 1992 Issue 2 (February)

Psychiatry (Summer 1992)

Summer 1992 pages 9-17 Coding Commentary Psychiatry This month's coding commentary will focus on the codes found in the Psychiatry section of CPT. We will discuss.     how to use the psychiatric codes;     the rationale behind CPT's new psychiatric codes, and     how to use the new evaluation and management codes with the psychiatric codes. Background Settings Most psychiatrists see patients in three different settings; as outpatients, in partial hospital settings and in the hospital. There are situations where patients are also seen by psychiatrists in residential care centers. Outpatient settings include physicians' offices, clinics where patients are seen for a...

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