Psychiatry is positioned as a secondary specialty today, covering medical-necessity documentation and time-based coding, until a psychiatry advisor joins the physician board.
Secondary Specialty
Psychiatry
Top denial drivers
- Medical necessity documented narratively instead of mapped to the payer's specific criteria
- Time-based coding not supported by the documentation the note actually contains
What reviewers expect to see
- Medical necessity documentation mapped to the current policy of the specific payer
- Time-based coding supported explicitly by the note