Wiki E/M Coding for Inpatient Psychiatric services

[Mkdavids]

I am looking for documentation specifically for E/M coding in an Inpatient Psychiatric setting using 1995 guidelines. Any suggestions?

 

[dclark7]

What type of documentation are you looking for? I've found that for psychiatric coding the providers usually do better under 97 specialty specific guidelines. Under 95 most of the time I only get 2 or 3 organ systems (constitutional, psych and sometime M/S) while under 97 the specialty specific exam is geared directly to psych and they get a higher level exam. Look at pages 38 and 39 for the attached link.
https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Ed...N/MLNEdWebGuide/Downloads/97Docguidelines.pdf