bluemagic, I don't know what words to use - but fwiw, our testing was covered by our *medical* insurance policy, not our mental health, and we had our ped's office fax in the referral, rather than us calling directly (that's pretty much what you *have* to do where we live - if you call in as an individual without a referral from a primary care dr the office staff won't even talk to you, much less make an appointment). Anyway, our ped's office has a standard form that the dr fills out when making a referral which includes what the referral is for as well as the concerns/symptoms etc supporting the referral. Once the psych's office has the referral form, then the office staff has been helpful with determining codes etc that will work for our insurance (both mental health and medical).
polarbear
