CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 15, 2015

If a psychiatrist returns to render psychotherapy to an inpatient and reviews the chart, checks lab results, orders medication, and discusses the case with other physicians while expending 35-45 minutes a visit, should the psychiatrist bill for subsequent visits using 90819 (DELETED IN 2013) for this service or 99233 (REVISED IN 2013)?

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