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    Wiki BILLING FOR 90849 vs 90853 - MENTAL HEALTH GROUP SESSIONS

    Hopefully someone can help me with billing group session participation. I have a provider that wants to host group sessions for several different families together. As an example, it would be 3 or 4 couples processing a topic that is on all of their treatment plans. Since it is a group session...
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    Wiki Nutrition/Diabetes Counseling Group E/M visit

    OK, here's the deal: I have a physician and a Registered Dietitian who wish to hold group nutrition and/or diabetes counseling sessions. Let's assume the session is 30 minutes long and involves 10 patients. This is their scenario: The physician wishes to charge each patient with an E/M...
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    Wiki Telehealth Group Therapy

    Hello- I work for a Medicaid only outpatient school based behavioral health agency in WA state. With summer approaching, we do a lot of group therapy with students which we have made in person only because out interpretation is that it was not billable via telehealth. There is some debate...
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    Wiki Extended Group therapy Code?

    Hello, I just started a new job at a Behavioral Health Organization. I have been trying to help them improve upon their coding. One thing I haven't been able to find, is a good code to use for 2 hour group therapy session. It is not family members, groups are around 10 people, and they are...
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    Wiki 90834-90837 billed with 90853 group

    Has anyone had success billing Individual psychotherapy and group therapy together on same dos? They are CCI edits, but a modifier is allowed. The group I just started working for is scheduling these on different days due to the edit, but I want to tell them that they will pay if they use a...
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