jdibble
True Blue
I have just been asked to review the coding of our Behavioral group and I have no idea how to do Psych! Any basic info on this would be great! I think the group sees Outpatient and they also have inpatient (What is Partial Hospital?).
My billing department sent back a question which I am not sure how to answer. They want to know if they can use discharge codes 99238 and 99239 for Partial Hospital codes 90817, 90819 or 90822? My question to this would also be with these codes would you bill an EM code separately, or does this code include EM charges? Do the psychologists or psyciatrists bill inpatient and outpatient EM codes along with the therapy codes?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Jodi Dibble, CPC
My billing department sent back a question which I am not sure how to answer. They want to know if they can use discharge codes 99238 and 99239 for Partial Hospital codes 90817, 90819 or 90822? My question to this would also be with these codes would you bill an EM code separately, or does this code include EM charges? Do the psychologists or psyciatrists bill inpatient and outpatient EM codes along with the therapy codes?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Jodi Dibble, CPC