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90833 Psychotherapy with an E/M visit, about 30 minutes (add-on) CPT · BillingBrief summary
An add-on code for roughly 30 minutes of psychotherapy done during the same visit as an E/M service by a prescriber.
What to know Billed with an E/M code (like 99213 or 99214), never alone. Psychotherapy time can't include time spent on the E/M portion. From the source This is BillingBrief’s own explanation, not the official CPT descriptor. For the official code set, see the American Medical Association .
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