Our PhD's have started doing Psych evals for patients planning to undergo bariatric surgery. We are having trouble with dx codes not being on the Medicare LCD for 90791.
We've looked into the pre-op codes, the screening codes and none are covered. Morbid Obesity is actually covered, but our PhD indicated she was not comfortable using that as a dx, as she is not treating their Obesity.
Wondering what others are doing?
Thanks!
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Pre-op Bariatric Psych evals