New Psychiatrist taking over established patients.

[charbanc]

I have a new Psychiatrist joining our mental health office and he is replacing the current one. He will be continuing care for our established patients that were seeing our old Dr. Does the new Dr. need to bill for new client visits? (90791)or would he bill for established client visits? (99213, 99214...etc)

 

[CodingKing]

Same specialty and subspecialty in the last 3 years = established.

 

[susandebaugh@boisestate.edu]

90791 same practice

Would your response hold true to an established patient seeing a new counselor within the same group?

 

[CodingKing]

Psychiatry vs Psychology vs LCSW ... etc are different specialty and subspecialty so they would be new.