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Evaluation and Management Coding for Behavioral Health | |||||||||||||
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Can't attend? Register anyway and you'll receive a link to the recording by the next business day. | About this programReimbursement opportunities for Behavioral Health providers continue to increase with new CPT codes in 2026. Evaluation and Management (E/M) documentation guidelines for office and outpatient visits are still among the most frequently utilized CPT codes. However, Behavioral Health has its own challenges when also billing for psychotherapy and diagnostic psychiatric evaluations. Billing and reimbursement for mental and behavioral health services requires strict coding compliance. Proper documentation is essential for accurate claims submission and optimal reimbursement. Be sure you understand the rules for properly billing behavioral health services, whether you are providing these services in a primary care setting, a specialty care setting or a residential facility. Comprehend which services may be provided via telehealth, when modifiers should be appended, and the appropriate place of service code to use. In this session, expert coding trainer, Carol Hoppe will guide you through a review of the E/M coding and documentation guidelines based on time or medical decision making. She will address what needs to be documented to support each level of service and provide real case examples, applying the guidelines for proper code selection. Learning objectives: During this 60-minute session, attendees will learn to:
A coding "cheat sheet" with the essential information will assist you to accurately document, code or audit E/M services. | ||||||||||||