Medical Billing Forum
Coding => Coding => : jerryredd November 20, 2014, 03:18:32 PM
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I am pretty comfortable with medical billing because I have been billing for 20+ years. I am working for a mental health provider now and have a few questions about mental health coding. We bill a 90837 for a 1 hr visit for $100. We have started doing 1 1/2 hr sessions when needed. How do I bill for that? I looked into it and mental health coding changed a little last year. It looks like the 90837 code is good for any session from 53 minutes up to 90 minutes. Is that correct? Any ideas?
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The 90837 is the highest level for outpatient individual psychotherapy.
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The 90837 is for 53-60 minutes. If a patient is seen longer, 90839 can be used, ONLY, if it is documented as a crisis. If it is not a crisis, 90837 is the highest level you can code.
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Agree with Regina, you also want to make sure you have authorization for the right code.