This curriculum will teach you all you need to know about performing and documenting psychiatry E/M services. This program includes the relevant Rational Physician Coding course, plus individual modules for the most common outpatient and inpatient encounters. Using clinical examples, we show you step-by-step how to select the correct level of care and then how to document the visit as expeditiously as possible. This curriculum is made up of 4 individual video tutorials and has been approved for 3.5 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit™
Author/Presenter: Peter R. Jensen, MD, CPC | Director of E/M Compliance Yale New Haven Hospitalist Service
Format: Self-paced video tutorial (runs in the browser of any PC, Mac, tablet or smart phone)
Target Audience: Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Coders, Office Managers
Total Number of Modules: 4
Subscription Term: 1 year
CME: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (3.5 hours)
Accreditation: Yale University School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education
Rational Physician Coding for Psychiatry E/M Services: If you want to understand E/M coding for psychiatry visits, start here. This course reviews the E/M coding changes from 2021 and 2023, which are still in effect today. Learn how to apply the most current E/M guidelines to the most common psychiatry E/M encounters. This course will take you step-by-step through the process of quantifying your medical decision-making. The updated rules for coding based on time are also discussed. Learn how to select the “correct” level of care for all encounters, then how to complete the documentation as expeditiously as possible to save time and ensure compliance.
Run time: 47:16 CME: 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Office-Based Psychiatry E/M Services: Learn how to apply the most recent E/M coding updates and guidance to the most common outpatient psychiatry E/M services. Using clinical examples, you will learn to select the correct level of care for new office visits, established office visits and outpatient consult services. The initial psychiatric evaluation codes as well as individual psychotherapy rules and psychotherapy + E/M services are also discussed.
Run time: 50 minutes CME: 1 hour of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Hospital-Based Psychiatry E/M Services: Learn how to apply the most recent E/M coding updates and guidance to the most common hospital-based psychiatry E/M services. Using clinical examples, you will learn to select the correct level of care for initial hospital care services (admission H&Ps), subsequent hospital care services (hospital progress notes) and inpatient consult services. The initial psychiatric evaluation codes as well as individual psychotherapy rules and psychotherapy + E/M services in the hospital setting are also discussed.
Run time: 41 minutes CME: 1 hour of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Prolonged Services: This course reviews the rules for coding for prolonged services in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. There are two methodologies for coding for prolonged services, one endorsed by the AMA and one endorsed by Medicare. Medicare will ONLY pay for their G codes for prolonged services. This course will take you through the requirements for prolonged services for all outpatient and inpatient encounters.
Run time: 30 minutes CME: 1/2 hour of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™