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DMC State Billing Playbook

The Drug Medi-Cal State Plan (DMC-State Plan) Playbook is a collection of all requirements and guidelines from the DMC-State Plan Billing Manual. Included are myAvatar specific recommendations for system configuration to comply with the CalAIM requirements.

The Playbook also contains Cal-PM and MSO enhancement information.

The Playbook is divided into sections corresponding to the Billing Manual.

Playbook sections
Section Description/Notes
Client Eligibility Chapter 3 of Billing Manual - This section details Medi-Cal Eligibility and Aid Codes.
Covered Services Chapter 4 of Billing Manual - This section details DMC- State Plan Covered Services and Levels of Care.
DMC-SP Claim Processing Chapter 5 of Billing Manual - This section relates to the SD/MC Claiming Process.
Cal-PM and MSO Enhancements This section give information on Cal-PM and MSO Enhancements
Funding Chapter 6 of Billing Manual - This section provides information on the funding relationship between Federal Share, State share and Proposition 30, and the County Share.
Disciplines Table 1 in Billing Manual - These abbreviations of Disciplines are used in the Service Code lists.
Place of Service Codes Table 2 in Billing Manual - These are the Place of Service Codes used with Service Codes.
Modifiers Table 3 in Billing Manual - These are the Modifiers that are attached to Service Codes.
Taxonomy Codes Appendix 1 - A list of First Four Alpha-numeric Characters of Taxonomy codes.
Definitions Appendix 2 - A list of common terms in the Billing manual.
DMC Procedure Code Appendix 3 - A list of Procedure codes included as benefits for DMC-State Plan counties.
Service Codes List
  • Assessment Codes
  • SUD Crisis Intervention Codes
  • Medication Services Codes
  • Mobile Crisis Codes
  • Treatment Planning Codes
  • Individual Counseling Codes
  • Group Counseling Codes
  • Supplemental Service Codes
  • Discharge Services Codes
    • Peer Support Specialist Codes