When creating your SimplePractice account, you're given the option to choose your specialty.
In this guide, we’ll cover:
Selecting your specialty
When you first sign up for a SimplePractice account, you’re asked to select your specialty.
You can choose from any of the following specialties:
- Acupuncture
- Applied behavior analysis
- Behavioral health therapy
- Chiropractic
- Counseling
- Dietetics or nutrition counseling
- Lactation consulting
- Marriage and family therapy
- Massage therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Physical therapy
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Social work
- Speech-language pathology
- Substance use counseling
- Other
If you want to adjust your specialty after you've created your account, you can navigate to Settings > Profile > Clinical info and choose from the Specialty dropdown menu:
Reviewing the differences between specialties
Specialty | Default CPT Code | Default Questionnaire | Default Taxonomy Code | Default ICD-10 Codes | Psychotherapy Notes and Mental Status Exams |
Acupuncture |
97810 |
Acupuncture Intake Form |
171100000X |
R51, G47.00 |
No |
Applied behavior analysis |
97151 |
ABA Child Intake Form |
103K00000X |
F84.0 |
Yes |
Behavioral health therapy |
90834 |
Standard Intake Questionnaire Template |
101YM0800X |
F41.9, F43.22 |
Yes |
Chiropractic |
98941 |
Chiropractic Intake Form |
111N0000X |
M54.5, M99.03, M25.552, S76.012A |
No |
Counseling |
90834 |
Standard Intake Questionnaire Template |
101YM0800X |
F41.9, F43.22 |
Yes |
Dietetics or nutrition counseling |
97802 |
Nutrition Intake Form |
133V00000X |
F50.82 |
No |
Lactation consulting |
99344 |
Intake Form - Lactation Consultant |
163WL0100X |
Z39.1 |
No |
Marriage and family therapy |
90834 |
Standard Intake Questionnaire Template |
101YM0800X |
F41.9, F43.22 |
Yes |
Massage therapy |
97124 |
Massage Therapy Intake Form |
225700000X |
M25.512 |
No |
Occupational therapy |
97530 |
- |
225X00000X |
F84.0 |
No |
Physical therapy |
97110 |
Physical Therapy Intake Form |
225100000X |
M25.511 |
No |
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing |
99213 |
Intake Questionnaire - Long Version |
363LP0808X |
F33.1, F90.2 |
Yes |
Psychiatry |
99213 |
Intake Questionnaire - Long Version |
2084P0800X |
F33.1, F90.2 |
Yes |
Psychology |
90834 |
Standard Intake Questionnaire Template |
101YM0800X |
F41.9, F43.22 |
Yes |
Social work |
90834 |
Standard Intake Questionnaire Template |
101YM0800X |
F41.9, F43.22 |
Yes |
Speech-language pathology |
92507 |
Speech Language Child Intake Form |
235Z00000X |
F80.0 |
No |
Substance use counseling |
99408 |
Substance Use Intake Form |
101YA0400X |
F10.10 |
Yes |
Other |
90834 |
- |
101YM0800X |
F06.1, F40.228, F60.9 |
Yes |