At 09:54 AM 8/4/2004, Kevin Perryman wrote:
>The best thing to do is to know that codes in the 290-319 series are
>Mental Health Codes and that they are not reimbursed to PCP's. Know
>that when patients call to schedule evaluations for School Problems,
>Behavior problems, Antisocial behaviors, etc. that they need to be
>informed that as a PCP you can see them for those problems, however,
>most insurance companies do not reimburse such services in the PCP
>office and that they may be better off seeking care from a Neuro or
>Psych.
I'm wondering if there would be any usefulness in trying to get ADHD
reclassified as a Nervous condition rather than a Mental Health issue in
the next revision of the ICD codes. I've heard there's a ICD-10 due soon.
Len L.