The Coding and Payment Guide for Behavioral Health Services 2020 is your one-stop coding, reimbursement, and documentation resource developed exclusively for behavioral health. This comprehensive and easy-to-use guide is updated for 2020 and organized by specialty-specific CPT® codes.

Each code includes its official description and lay description, coding tip, documentation and reimbursement tips, Medicare edits, and is cross-coded to common. ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes to complete the coding process. Getting to the code information you need has never been so easy.

Key Features and Benefits:

Evaluation and Management Services. Evaluation and Management CPT® codes commonly used in your specialty are now included with their official description, lay description, coding tip, Medicare edits, and relative value units. Also included is a chapter with coding guidelines and tables to assist you in the E/M code selection process.

Code icons. Quickly identify new, revised and add-on procedure codes related to your specialty.

CPT® Assistant references. Identifies that an article or discussion of the CPT® code has been in the American Medical Associations CPT® Assistant newsletter. Use the citation to locate the correct volume.

Quickly find information. All the information you need is provided, including CPT® full code descriptions, lay descriptions, coding tips, procedure code-specific documentation and reimbursement tips, clinical terms, Medicare IOM references, CPT® Assistant references, and commonly associated ICD-10-M diagnosis codes.

Avoid claim denials and/or audits. Medicare payer information includes references from Internet Only Manual (IOM) guidelines, follow-up days, and modifier usage.

CCI edits. Includes a section with CCI edits for CPT® and HCPCS procedure codes with quarterly updates available online.

Easily determine fees for your practice and reinforce consistency in the charges. Relative value units including the practice, work, and malpractice components with total RVUs for non-facility and facility services are included.

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