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ICD-10 Code for Anxiety, Unspecified 2025 – F41.9

In this blog post, Valant discusses the ICD-10 code for anxiety. The ICD-10 code for unspecified anxiety disorder is F41.9. It is important to note, however, that there are a number of anxiety disorders indexed in ICD-10. The ICD-10 code…

Odd DogJune 1, 2021

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How To Get Paid For Measurement-Based Care

If your practice hasn’t started administering outcome measures or using measurement-based care, you should be. Why? Not only is it rapidly becoming the standard of care, but it allows you to achieve better patient outcomes faster, and you can get…

Heidi AmrineMay 5, 2021

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Asking for a Raise: How to Negotiate Reimbursement Rates for Behavioral Health in 2024

With reimbursement rates always under threat, behavioral health practitioners in private practice might find themselves at a disadvantage when negotiating higher rates. Larger organizations can afford to hire third-party negotiators to handle it for them but as the person wearing…

Heidi AmrineFebruary 18, 2021

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2021 CPT Codes and E/M Coding Changes

What Your Behavioral Health Practice Needs to Know You’ve likely heard about the recent changes to the CPT code set and are wondering what it means for your behavioral health practice. How will these modifications affect your coding practices? Are…

Heidi AmrineJanuary 22, 2021

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ICD-10 Code Cheat Sheet for Mental Health – 2020 Update

An Expanded List of Common Diagnostic Codes for Mental & Behavioral Health. A testament to the nature of the healthcare industry, changes occur continuously and challenge the ways we use technology, apply care, and even classify diagnoses. The familiarity and…

Heidi AmrineDecember 14, 2020

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How to Improve Collections in Mental Health

Four key methods for private practices to mitigate outstanding patient balances High deductible insurance plans are becoming increasingly common in health care, and have patients taking on more of the financial responsibility. As out-of-pocket costs rise, the probability of having…

Heidi AmrineJune 20, 2017

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Should I Outsource My Billing?

A guide to determine the best billing model for your private practice. Efficient, cost-effective, and accurate billing is the backbone of a healthy behavioral health practice. As the owner of a private practice, you have to determine the most economical…

Heidi AmrineJuly 27, 2016

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Patient payment agreement: 5 ways to improve collections

Drafting a patient payment agreement and collecting fees is probably not your favorite part about running a behavioral healthcare practice, but it’s vital to your practice’s survival as a business. Clinicians often worry that business transactions with patients can interfere…

Heidi AmrineOctober 9, 2015

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10 facts about ICD-10 for Behavioral Health

Here are some quick ICD-10 facts to help ease your transition from ICD-9: Every behavioral health ICD-10 code starts with an F Overall, the number of total codes jump from 14,000 to 69,000 Luckily for behavioral health, 50% of all…

Heidi AmrineJuly 14, 2015

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ICD-10: What Behavioral Health Clinicians and Billers Need to Know

October 1 will get here before you know it! What do Behavioral Health professionals need to know about the upcoming transition to ICD-10? This whitepaper highlights the key differences between ICD-9 and ICD-10 behavioral health diagnostic codes as well as…