CPT Primer for Psychiatrists

American Psychiatric Association Office of Healthcare Systems & Financing 800 343 4671 CPT Primer for Psychiatrists What is CPT? Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) was first published by the American Medical Association (AMA) in 1966. The CPT coding system was created to provide a uniform language for describing medical and surgical procedures and diagnostic services that would facilitate more effective communication between clinicians, third-party payers, and patients. The 2013 CPT Manual is the most recent revision of the 4th edition of the book. The AMA s CPT Editorial Panel has the sole authority to revise, update, or modify CPT. The panel has seventeen members, eleven nominated by the AMA, and one each from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, the Health Insurance Association of American, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA), the American Hospital Association, and the Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee, and one representative from the AMA/S

the + symbol in the CPT Manual) that are to be used by psychiatrists when the psychotherapy is provided in the same encounter as medical evaluation and management (90833 -30 minutes, 90836 - 45 minutes, 90838 – 60 minutes).

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