Professional Counselors

What they do most for Medicare patients

Service, sort	Code, sort	Times billed, sort	Patients, sort
Psychotherapy, 1 hour	90837	6,486	573
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes	90834	4,351	359
Psychotherapy, 30 minutes	90832	1,921	241
Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation	90791	383	364
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes	99213	380	98
Psychiatric services complicated by communication factor	90785	311	38
Telehealth originating site facility fee	Q3014	112	28
Assessment of health behavior	96156	95	94
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes	99214	30	27
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes	99231	28	21
Group psychotherapy	90853	28	12
Respiratory infectious agent detection by rna for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid 19), influenza a, influenza b, and respiratory syncytial virus, upper respiratory specimen, each reported as detected or not detected	0241U	18	18
New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes	99205	14	14
Psychotherapy for crisis, first hour	90839	12	11

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Sources: Medicare Care Compare (hospitals and schools; Medicare-enrolled clinicians), CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners 2023 (services), Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024 (drugs).