CPT^® 99494, Under Psychiatric Collaborative Care Management Services

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 99494 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 whose conditions are not improving in collaboration and in conjunction with a patient’s treating (or billing) primary care provider. Report this code in addition to 99492 or 99493 for each additional 30 minutes of initial or subsequent psychiatric care management in a calendar month, in addition to the primary codes.

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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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