Choosing your specialty

When creating your SimplePractice account, you're given the option to choose your specialty.

In this guide, we’ll cover:

Selecting your specialty
Reviewing the differences between specialties

Selecting your specialty

When you first sign up for a SimplePractice account, you’re asked to select your specialty.

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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:

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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

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