CPT^® 96156, Under Health Behavior Assessment and Intervention Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 96156 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Health Behavior Assessment and Intervention Procedures.

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The provider assesses psychological, behavioral, emotional, cognitive, and social factors that affect a patient’s physical health, rather than assessing a specific mental health disorder. There are no time limits applied to this code. Report this code for an initial or repeat health behavior assessment.

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CPT 96156

Which type of provider is allowed to bill for CPT code 96156?... [ Read More ]

Another type of code in lieu of psychotherapy

Our psychologist saw a scheduled patient with low/moderate dementia. The patient was not willing to talk but an encountered occurred of an assessment type. I was looking at CPT code 96156 but not ... [ Read More ]

Need Help on Coding

sorry the codes are 96156 and 96157... [ Read More ]

Diagnosis code for Just the SCS psychological evaluation

Hi, does anyone know if Medicaid covers CPT 96156 and 96158? Is there a HCPCS?... [ Read More ]

Primary care 96156

Can a primary care doctor code out 96156 or is it strictly just behavorial health?... [ Read More ]

Diagnosis code for Just the SCS psychological evaluation

CPT code 96156 was released January 2020 for Health Behavioral Assessments that can be used to evaluate patients sent for presurgical evals.... [ Read More ]

New CPT 96156 - Health Behavior Assessment by Psychologist for Pre-Surgical Clearance?

Has anyone used CPT 96156 for billing Pre-surgical SCS by Psychologist or is 90791 more appropriate? The descriptor doesn't indicate what level of provider can bill this code. Thanks!... [ Read More ]

Behavioral Health

We bill for a psychologist in our practice. When the new codes came out I was reviewing them with him. I realized at that time he was billing his services out of the Psychiatry section versus the Beha... [ Read More ]

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