The Psychiatry section of the CPT manual was re-written for 2013. The new coding structure requires psychiatrists to use Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes for medical services, had a new series of add-on codes for psychotherapy services when done with the E/M service, and additional new...
Some have responded by making the appropriate adjustments so that patients and psychiatrists billing for E/M (Evaluation & Management) codes as well as the new psychotherapy codes are paid properly and fairly. In most cases, when this is paid according to the law--including the parity law--...