CPT code 90846: Family psychotherapy, patient absent, 50 minutes2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Mississippi

In Mississippi, Medicare pays $103.76 for 90846 in the office and $98.01 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 90846 covers

A clinician conducts psychotherapy with a patient's family members or caregivers while the patient is absent. The session addresses family interactions, communication, or responses to symptoms as part of treating the patient's mental health condition. For example, a therapist may work with a caregiver on responding to the patient's symptoms and supporting treatment goals. The service is performed in outpatient mental health settings and is distinct from counseling the family about its own concerns without a treatment focus on the patient.

Report 90846 for the 50-minute family psychotherapy service when the patient does not participate. The record should identify the family participants, the patient's condition and treatment goals, the psychotherapy interventions, the time spent, and how the session supports the patient's treatment. CMS coverage is restricted: payment is available only in specific circumstances, so documentation should make the connection to the patient's care clear. Choose a different psychotherapy code when the patient participates or when the service is group therapy.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Mississippi compares for 90846

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 90846 runs from $103.51 in Arkansas to $152.06 in Alaska. Mississippi pays $103.76. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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90846 rates by state

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How the 90846 rate is calculated

Each of 90846’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 90846

90846 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

Codes related to 90846

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 90846 has changed in Mississippi

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Where the Mississippi rate applies

Mississippi is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 427 cities and communities in Mississippi. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbeville
• Aberdeen
• Ackerman
• Agricola
• Alcorn State University
• Algoma
• Alligator
• Amory

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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