While 3rd party reimbursement for Music Therapy is still an iffy proposition for many practitioners, Neurologic Music Therapy has been instrumental in helping to level the playing field, as it were.  NMT techniques are codified according to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and are defined diagnostically.  When submitting to a 3rd party payer a therapist must put the patient’s appropriate diagnosis code(s) and, often, a CPT code that represents the treatment utilized, and accepted as appropriate, for that diagnosis.  Being able to enter these when submitting for reimbursement allows Music Therapists to speak the same language as other therapists to the insurance companies.  While far from a guarantee and questions regarding treatment may still arise, it is one less obstacle Music Therapists have to face.