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Billing => Billing => : midwifebiller September 20, 2011, 04:35:42 PM

: Multiple family counseling-kids not present
: midwifebiller September 20, 2011, 04:35:42 PM

A psychiatrist is seeing a group of families, but the patients (their teenage children) are not present.  Is 90849 approriate?  Or would we need to stick with 90846?

Thank you!

: Re: Multiple family counseling-kids not present
: rdmoore2003 September 20, 2011, 06:07:08 PM

 I WOULD USE 90849 SINCE IT IS MORE THAN 1 FAMILY.

: Re: Multiple family counseling-kids not present
: midwifebiller September 21, 2011, 11:40:10 AM

Thank you, Regina.  That's what I was thinking, but I wanted a second opinion.