CPT codes promote substance abuse screening.(Mental Health)(Current Procedural Terminology)Worcester, Sharon
On Jan. 1, 2017, CPT codes related tomental and behavioral healthservices underwent multiple changes. For instance, the descriptors of several codes were revised to replace the phrase "with patient and/or family member" to "with patient," meaning that a code's stated time for a psychotherapy...
In general terms, the codes have been refo- cused to distinguish between testing for cancer versus constitu- tional abnormalities. The major changes include 1)the addition of CPT codes to describe FISH tests; 2) a new code for cancer cytogenetic analyses;3) a new pair of codes to describe...
Recruitment will occur through multiple avenues: (1) a main referral stream will be identified through the trauma screening questions (Primary Care PTSD Screener for DSM-5 [52]) included in case manager clinic intake procedures; (2) clinicians and staff in the HIV care clinic will refer patient...