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Category: Behavioral Health
Billing guides for behavioral and mental health practices: psychotherapy codes, telehealth, credentialing and common claim denials.
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Medicare Billing for LMFTs and LMHCs
Since January 1, 2024, Medicare Part B pays marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors. Here is who qualifies, how to enroll and how to bill correctly.
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Out-of-Network Billing for Therapists
Private-pay and out-of-network therapists have four main billing options. Here is how each works, what to verify first and where the paperwork goes wrong.
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IOP & PHP Billing Codes for Behavioral Health
The per diem, revenue and HCPCS codes used for intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs, how Medicare IOP works, and what Part 2 means for SUD claims.
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90837 CPT Code: Billing Rules, Time & Reimbursement
The 90837 CPT code covers 60-minute individual psychotherapy. Here is how the time rule works, what the note needs, and how to find what a payer will pay.
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90791 vs 90792: Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation Billing
How the 90791 and 90792 psychiatric diagnostic evaluation codes differ, who may bill each, what can and cannot be billed on the same day, and what the intake note needs.
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90834 vs 90837: Which Psychotherapy Code to Use
How to choose between 90832, 90834 and 90837 based on psychotherapy time, what each note should show, and why payers watch the 90834 and 90837 mix.
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Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) Billing
How primary care and specialty practices bill the Collaborative Care Model and general behavioral health integration: codes, time thresholds, consent and the records payers expect.
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Billing E/M With Psychotherapy Add-On 90833
When a prescriber provides medication management and psychotherapy in one visit, the E/M code carries an add-on. Here is how 90833, 90836 and 90838 work.
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Telehealth Billing for Mental Health in 2026: Place of Service Codes, Modifiers and Medicare Rules
Telehealth Billing Telehealth is now a routine part of mental health care, but the billing rules behind it are anything but uniform. Medicare, Medicaid…
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Psychiatry Billing: How to Code E/M Visits With Psychotherapy Add-On Codes
Psychiatry Billing Psychiatric visits often combine two services: medical management, such as reviewing symptoms, side effects and prescriptions, and psychotherapy. CPT lets prescribers bill…
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