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General Category => General Questions => : lisa November 29, 2015, 01:55:56 AM

: speech therapy
: lisa November 29, 2015, 01:55:56 AM

I do medical billing for internal medicine and chiropractic I was asked to do billing for a speech therapist is it similar to what i have been doing or is it very different and will be hard to learn?

: Re: speech therapy
: Michele November 30, 2015, 12:58:20 PM

Speech therapy is not difficult in my opinion.  There are only a couple of cpt codes that they use.  Not all insurances cover it, or it is only covered for certain diagnoses.  A lot of times authorization may be required but it's the same as in Chiropractic.  Auths are either given for a time period or a specific number of visits.

: Re: speech therapy
: StephD November 30, 2015, 04:42:55 PM

I love billing for speech therapy!  Michelle is right on the money with what she wrote.  ASHA.org is a great resource.  They have tons of information about billing and codes.