A therapist in a residential care facility works with a nonverbal autistic child, age 4. In this session the therapist uses drawing paper and washable markers. The therapist sat with the child and began to draw on a sheet of paper. She gave paper and markers to the child and encouraged the child to draw. The psychotherapy session lasted 30 minutes.

90832, 90785, F84.0

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"A therapist in a residential care facility works with a non-verbal autistic child, age 4. In this session, the  therapist uses drawing paper and washable markers. The therapist sat with the child and began to draw on  a sheet of paper. She gave paper and markers to the child and encouraged the child to draw. The session  lasted 30 minutes. What CPT® and ICD-9-CM codes are reported?

a. 90875, 90832, 299.00 c. 90882, 299.00  b. 90880, 299.00 d. 90880, 299.90"

a. 90875, 90832, 299.00

Explanation:

As you can see in the question above, the therapist decided to use art therapy to treat a child with altism. The CPT® code that applies to this situation is 90875 and 90832, while the CID-9-CM code that applies to this situation is 299.00.

These codes are used to classify diseases and medical procedures through universal language codes that, in addition to speeding up the diagnosis and treatment of patients, allow quick language among members of the medical team, anywhere in the world, promoting better treatment that leaves the patient comfortable as quickly as possible.

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