CPT^® 99492, Under Psychiatric Collaborative Care Management Services

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 99492 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Psychiatric Collaborative Care Management Services.

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A provider performs psychiatric collaborative care management (CoCM) for a patient receiving behavioral health treatment and regular psychiatric interspecialty consultation in collaboration and in conjunction with a patient’s treating (or billing) primary care provider. Report?99492?for the initial 70 minutes of CoCM in the first calendar month.

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99492 Psychiatric Collaborative Care

From my understanding, 99492 can only be billed by PCP not mental health provider, is this correct? The psychiatrist can set up a contract and be paid by PCP.... [ Read More ]

Behavioral health billing and coding

90832-90838 Therapy codes, 90870 ECT, 90875-90876, 90838-90840 Crisis intervention, 90868 & 90869 TMS, 99492, 99493, 99494 Collaborative care. These are the main ones I use daily as well as any E&M co... [ Read More ]

Can PCP's bill w/a Behavorial Health diag?

Of course you can do this. However the payer may make the determination that your provider is not a behavioral health specialist and they can decline to pay for these services in he PCP office settin... [ Read More ]

2018 new/revised cpt code list

CPT codes and descriptors are copyright the American Medical Association. Here is a list of the changes by CPT code only. Change Code Date Added 0001U 1/1/2018 Added 0002U 1/1/2018 Added 000... [ Read More ]

New CPT codes for psychiatric collaborative care services

Is anyone reporting G0502, G0503, or G0504 for psychiatric collaborative care? In 2018, these codes will become CPT codes 99492-99494. I'm looking for a primary care practice that performs these servi... [ Read More ]

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