Avoid The CPT Coding Nightmare

Tuesday, December 18, 2012
On January 1 the American Medical Association (AMA) will change almost all the Current Procedural Technology (CPT) psychiatry service billing codes – the 908XX series of codes (see AMA Revises Mental Health CPT Billing Codes, Effective January 1, 2013 ). What should organizations expect? This change will bring a flurry of new clinical documentation standards to accompany the CPT codes, including these three "trickle down" demands:

Clinical documentation processes and workflows need to be updated

Organizational coding and compliance manuals need to be updated

Fiscal and clinical staff training needs to take place

The immediate threat for many . . .