tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 23

Mental Health Coding: 3 FAQs Help You Code Psych Services Properly

Differentiate between E/M and evaluation codes with this advice. If your practice struggles to collect reimbursement for mental health services, you’re not alone. Navigating the maze of payment for psychological and psychiatric treatments can be extremely time-consuming and frustrating. Today we’ve got the answers to three of the most commonly-submitted mental health reimbursement questions so you can keep collecting for your services. E/M vs. Eval—Which is Correct? Question: Our psychiatrist sometimes bills E/M codes for evaluations, but sometimes reports 90792. He says these are interchangeable. Is that accurate? Answer: When reporting an assessment of a patient...

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