General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 296-301 , July 2004

Billing for psychiatric evaluations: options for coding and reimbursement

  • Richard J. Goldberg, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-401-444-5291.

Received 8 October 2003 ,Accepted 19 February 2004.

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PII: S0163-8343(04)00038-6

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.02.005

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 296-301 , July 2004

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