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Choosing your specialty

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

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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