The guidelines were revised to differentiate between the individual and family psychotherapy services.
For the individual psychotherapy codes 90832–90838, the words “family member” has been removed and replaced with “informant”. These are time based codes: the patient must be present for all or a majority of the service. If not, see the family psychotherapy codes 90846 and 90847.
Both individual and family psychotherapy codes can be billed on the same day if the services are separate and distinct.
| CPT Codes | Service Time | Midpoint |
| 90832, 90833 | 30 minutes | 16-37 minutes |
| 90834,90836 | 45 minutes | 38-52 minutes |
| 90837, 90838 | 60 minutes | 53 or more minutes |
| 90846, 90847 | 50 minutes | 26 or more minutes |
Do not report individual psychotherapy of less than 16 minutes.
Do not report family psychotherapy of less than 26 minutes.