mmiele1979
Contributor
Question: Mom comes in with son for his psychotherapy appointment. In the notes it says they discussed school and the patient being anxious. There is nothing about family issues or family dynamic. Seems pretty much that they were talking specifically about the son and there is nothing about mom or her interactions with the patient. Mom claims she barely spoke and was only there for emotional support. We billed a 90847. Do the visit notes NEED to justify/explain the family dynamic that is being addressed in order to bill for the 90847 or is it automatically a 90847 just because she was present?