tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 11
Physician Notes: Psychotherapy With E/M? Break Down Time Spent on Each
When CPT® revised the psychotherapy and psychiatry codes last year, many mental health clinicians started using the codes immediately without giving much thought to how documentation would have to change to support the codes. CMS has taken note of the most common issues with this code set and recently released MLN Matters article SE1407 to set the record straight. “The main error that CERT has identified with the revised psychiatry and psychotherapy codes is not clearly documenting the amount of time spent only on psychotherapy services,” the article states. Because the psychotherapy codes can be reported...
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