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How practices map brief anxiety screening instruments to a billable code, document the encounter, and handle the privacy and vendor exposure that a GAD-7 score creates in the chart.
Carl B. Johnson
There is no CPT code for anxiety — CPT describes services, ICD-10-CM describes the condition. Here's how practices document code selection, and where behavioral health claims create privacy, records, and vendor exposure.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations guide to the PHQ-9 CPT code: which codes practices evaluate, what documentation survives an audit, and why every digital screening tool on your intake tablet needs a BAA.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations guide to billing for behavioral health services: how code selection gets documented, why psychotherapy notes never belong on a claim, and what the February 2026 Part 2 compliance date changed for your billing vendors.
Carl B. Johnson
A working checklist for therapy practice owners and privacy officers: psychotherapy notes, business associate agreements, the 30-day records clock, telehealth vendors, and the 42 CFR Part 2 compliance date in February 2026.
Carl B. Johnson