CPT^® 99493, Under Psychiatric Collaborative Care Management Services

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 99493 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Psychiatric Collaborative Care Management Services.

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A provider performs psychiatric collaborative care management (CoCM) for a patient receiving behavioral health treatment and regular psychiatric interspecialty consultation in collaboration and in conjunction with a patient’s treating (or billing) primary care provider. Report 99493 for the first 60 minutes of CoCM in a subsequent month after the first month of care.

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Behavioral health billing and coding

90832-90838 Therapy codes, 90870 ECT, 90875-90876, 90838-90840 Crisis intervention, 90868 & 90869 TMS, 99492, 99493, 99494 Collaborative care. These are the main ones I use daily as well as any E&M co... [ Read More ]

Can PCP's bill w/a Behavorial Health diag?

Of course you can do this. However the payer may make the determination that your provider is not a behavioral health specialist and they can decline to pay for these services in he PCP office settin... [ Read More ]

2018 new/revised cpt code list

CPT codes and descriptors are copyright the American Medical Association. Here is a list of the changes by CPT code only. Change Code Date Added 0001U 1/1/2018 Added 0002U 1/1/2018 Added 000... [ Read More ]

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