Billing for psychiatric evaluations: Options for coding and reimbursement

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 296-301

  Goldberg, Richard J ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Billing; Coding; Documentation; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 3242696276     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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