Name of Manual - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

Coding Policies and Guidelines (Behavioral Health)
Family Therapy 90846
Units for Public
Program Members
11-26
This code is billed for family therapy when the patient is not
present. There may be specific contract exclusions for some
self-insured groups.
This code should be billed under the specific patient, not under
the member.
Bill one unit per session regardless of total time.
This code must be billed with a behavioral health diagnosis.
90847
This code is billed for family therapy when the patient is
present. There may be specific contract exclusions for some
self-insured groups.
This code should be billed under the specific patient, not under
the member.
Bill one unit per session regardless of total time.
This code must be billed with a behavioral health diagnosis.
Psychiatric diagnostic interview exams, family psychotherapy
without the patient present, and family psychotherapy with the
patient present are all allowed for PMAP and MNCare
enrollees, when provided by an MD, LP-PhD., LP-MA,
LICSW, CNS-Psych, PMHNP, LPCC or LMFT.
Note: LPCs and LPCCs are ineligible providers for Minnesota
Health Care Program enrollees.
Codes 90801, 90802, 90846, 90847, 90849, 90853, 90857 and
90887 must only be reported by session, regardless of time.
The unit reported must be “1.” Unit submission for all codes
will be based on the code narrative.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Provider Policy and Procedure Manual 06/19/12