Does insurance cover EMDR therapy?
Does insurance cover EMDR? Yes, if your health insurance covers therapy, then it likely covers EMDR as part of trauma treatment. However, since many sessions of EMDR are longer than the standard 45-60 minutes, it is important to clarify with your insurance company whether they will cover longer sessions.
How do you bill for EMDR therapy?
The most used CPT code for EMDR therapy is Code 90834. Code 90834 is the most standard CPT code for psychotherapy sessions. This code should be in conjunction with the diagnostic code and treatment plan associated with Acute Stress Disorder or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
How do you bill EMDR?
CPT code 90834 should be used when EMDR is used as a therapy component provided during a psychotherapy session for Acute Stress Disorder or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. When billed on a CMS-1500 claim form, if 90899 is billed with 90834 it will be considered content of service.
What does CPT code 90837 mean?
CPT Code 90837 is a procedure code that describes a 60 minute individual psychotherapy session performed by a licensed mental health provider. 90837 is considered a routine outpatient CPT Code and is one of the most common CPT codes used in mental health insurance claims coding and billing.
What is EMDR therapy and how does it work?
The client has full control to stop the therapist at any point if needed. The sets of eye movements, sounds, or taps are repeated until the event becomes less disturbing. EMDR therapy may be used within a standard talking therapy, as an adjunctive therapy with a separate therapist, or as a treatment all by itself.
What happens if you don’t trust your EMDR therapist?
While the person does not have to go into great detail about his disturbing memories, if the EMDR client does not trust his or her therapist, he or she may not accurately report what is felt and what changes he or she is (or isn’t) experiencing during the eye movements.
What is the best book to read about EMDR for children?
Clinicians who are interested in EMDR for children should consider reading EMDR Therapy and Adjunct Approaches with Children: Complex Trauma, Attachment, and Dissociation by Dr. Ana Gomez (2012). EMDR is an eight-phase treatment model (Shapiro, 2002; Shapiro, 2007; Parnell, 2013).
Why is the trance so important in EMDR?
The trance is an integral part of EMDR because without it, the client will feel a heightened emotional response, over-activate the limbic system, and will not be able to process the disturbing memory adaptively.