erjones147
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Relatively new to coding and definitely new to MH coding, so I thought I'd get some feedback....
New psychiatrist going to start working for our clinic next month. During a meet-and-greet phone call, this psychiatrist swears that he always bills an E/M code AND a psychotherapy code and gets paid for it, even though he does not do a history or an exam.
He claims that there were sweeping new changes last January that allow him to do that. I have not heard of any such changes to the CPT psych codes, and I most definitely have not heard of any changes to E/M requirements that would allow him to do that.
Am I missing something?
New psychiatrist going to start working for our clinic next month. During a meet-and-greet phone call, this psychiatrist swears that he always bills an E/M code AND a psychotherapy code and gets paid for it, even though he does not do a history or an exam.
He claims that there were sweeping new changes last January that allow him to do that. I have not heard of any such changes to the CPT psych codes, and I most definitely have not heard of any changes to E/M requirements that would allow him to do that.
Am I missing something?