Executive Briefings | December 18, 2012
Avoid The CPT Coding Nightmare
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
On January 1 the American Medical Association (AMA) will change almost all the Current Procedural Technology (CPT) psychiatry service billing codes – the 908XX series of codes (see AMA Revises Mental Health CPT Billing Codes, Effective January 1, 2013 ). What should organizations expect? This change will bring a flurry of new clinical documentation standards to accompany the CPT codes, including these three "trickle down" demands:
- <p class . . .