HCPCS Code G0502

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Initial psychiatric collaborative care management, first 70 minutes in the first calendar month of behavioral health care manager activities, in consultation with a psychiatric consultant, and directed by the treating physician or other qualified health care professional, with the following required elements:

• outreach to and engagement in treatment of a patient directed by the treating physician or other qualified health care professional;
• initial assessment of the patient, including administration of validated rating scales, with the development of an individualized treatment plan;
• review by the psychiatric consultant with modifications of the plan if recommended;
• entering patient in a registry and tracking patient follow-up and progress using the registry, with appropriate documentation, and participation in weekly caseload consultation with the psychiatric consultant; and
• provision of brief interventions using evidence-based techniques such as behavioral activation, motivational interviewing, and other focused treatment strategies