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Hi there, I just had a quick question for practicing providers. I was told by my billing department that I cannot solely bill for mental health, for example depression, anxiety, ADD without a “medical diagnosis.“ I’ve never heard that throughout residency, having build 99213 and 99214s solely based on these diagnoses in the past and never heard any problems. I am told that I need to add “medical diagnosis “like blood pressure elevation, constipation, etc. in order for them to qualify. The billing department stated that they actually get reimbursed less for 99213/4 if there’s only mental health diagnosis is attached to the encounter. Is this true? I am not using therapy codes specific for mental health either!