Psych Eval for Chronic Pain
I'm a little lost on this pain management stuff and my client is being very demanding for me to find him an answer. He is a Psychologist/PhD and is wanting to start doing psych evals for doctor's who...
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You cannot use those diagnosis codes because a psychologist is not qualified to make those diagnoses. One of the psychologists I work for does evals on chronic pain patients for implants. His most...
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I hate to be going down this road again, but the doctor has requested more information from me about these assessments. He is stating if he bills a 9610x code, he is not required to use a diagnoses...
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No insurance will pay without a diagnosis code, you are correct. If it's a private pay situation, then he is correct. The problem is that the test is not medically necessary. He has to have a reason...
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