Mental Health billing and coding

Therapists and psychiatrists are often billing to payers with separate behavioral health administrators and session rules. We handle those details and keep billing conversations respectful of the sensitive care behind them.

Billing challenges in mental health

Time-based coding

Psychotherapy codes depend on documented time. Payers sometimes review longer sessions such as 90837 more closely.

Telehealth differences

Place of service, modifiers and covered platforms vary by payer and can change over time.

Carved-out benefits

A patient's behavioral health benefit may sit with a different company than their medical plan.

Panel enrollment

Each clinician may need to be enrolled individually, and a waiting panel can hold up a new hire's caseload.

Codes we commonly review

These are examples, not a full list. Coverage and coding rules vary by payer, so each claim is checked against the current rules and your documentation.

  • 90791 / 90792 diagnostic evaluation
  • 90832, 90834, 90837 psychotherapy
  • 90853 group therapy
  • 90785 interactive complexity
  • 99202–99215 with add-on psychotherapy

Services that often help

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