Colorado therapist superbill generator

Colorado superbill and invoice for LPC, LCSW, LMFT, and psychologists

This page is the same Therapist Invoice Generator generator with Colorado selected. Out-of-network clients still need a superbill with your NPI, tax ID, Colorado license number, CPT codes, ICD-10 diagnoses, place of service, and fees. Private-pay clients usually need a simpler invoice — toggle the document type above.

License titles used on Colorado superbills

Independent counseling in Colorado is commonly written as LPC. Also print the letters you actually hold: LPC, LCSW, LMFT, Licensed Psychologist, LPCC. The board to match your number against is the Colorado State Board of Licensed Professional Counselor Examiners. License line hint: CO LPC.XXXXXXX.

Colorado uses LPC for independent counselors and LPCC for candidates. PSYPACT is active for psychologists.

Telehealth coding (national rules, used in Colorado)

In-office sessions use place of service 11 and no telehealth modifier. Video visits with the client at home use POS 10 and modifier 95. If the client is not at home, use POS 02. Audio-only, when the payer allows it, is modifier 93. Do not pair POS 11 with modifier 95.

Sales tax on therapy in Colorado

Professional counseling and psychotherapy are generally exempt from Colorado sales tax. This generator defaults tax to zero. Add a note, not a tax engine, if your situation is unusual (retail products, groups billed as events, etc.).

Interstate compacts (verify before you practice)

• Counseling Compact: Enacted (confirm if privileges are live)
• PSYPACT (psychologists): Active
• Social Work Compact: Enacted (confirm if privileges are live)

Enacted is not the same as operational. A compact privilege does not replace documenting the license or privilege you used on the date of service.

Do I include my DORA number?

Yes. Colorado licenses are issued through DORA. Print the number exactly as shown in the online lookup, including any prefix.

What to put on a Colorado superbill

• Your legal name, LPC or other credential, practice address, phone
• NPI (Type 1) and EIN or SSN as tax ID
• Colorado license number as printed by the Colorado State Board of Licensed Professional Counselor Examiners
• Client name, date of birth, member ID if they want reimbursement
• Each date of service, POS, CPT (90834 / 90837 / 90791 are the usual set), ICD-10, fee, amount paid

Orientation only — not billing, tax, or legal advice. Payer rules beat this page.

Colorado clinicians license counseling credentials through the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) Division of Professions and Occupations. This generator produces a therapist invoice or out-of-network (OON) superbill PDF in your browser with Colorado defaults: LPC as the independent counseling title, LPCC for candidates, and a CO LPC.XXXXXXX license hint that matches DORA’s online lookup string.

An invoice bills the client for payment. A superbill packages the same CPT, ICD-10, provider, and payment detail so the client can seek OON reimbursement. Both need rendering-provider name, credential, license number, NPI, diagnoses, procedure codes, place of service, and amounts. The tool runs in the browser only—no PHI upload for this flow.

License titles that belong on the form

Colorado’s independent counseling license is Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Candidates hold Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPCC) while accruing hours. Putting the wrong letters on a superbill confuses payer credentialing edits.

Independent titles commonly used on Colorado superbills:

• LPC — Licensed Professional Counselor (default on this page)
• LCSW — Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• LMFT — Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
• Licensed Psychologist — Colorado Board of Psychologist Examiners (DORA)

Candidate / pre-independent:

• LPCC — Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate

Use the highest credential you currently hold. Candidates should disclose LPCC and supervisor information when plans ask—do not print LPC until DORA has issued the independent license.

Exact strings for this generator’s credential dropdown: `LPC`, `LCSW`, `LMFT`, `Licensed Psychologist`, `LPCC`.

Board, license number, lookup

Board (professional counselors): Colorado State Board of Licensed Professional Counselor Examiners — dpo.colorado.gov/ProfessionalCounselor.
Official license verification: DORA License Lookup (also linked from dora.colorado.gov/check-a-license).

Colorado license numbers are issued through DORA Online Services. Print the number exactly as shown in the lookup, including any prefix or punctuation (for example forms resembling LPC.#######). Healthcare Professions Profile details may appear on the license detail screen after you open a result—refresh before a first OON mailing.

Interstate practice: Counseling Compact / PSYPACT / Social Work Compact

As of retrieval on 2026-09-14:

• Counseling Compact: Colorado is a member (enacted) on counselingcompact.gov/map but was not among the early operational privilege-issuing states in the mid-2026 go-live wave. Do not treat “enacted” as “I can practice today under a privilege”—confirm operational status for both states before relying on CompactConnect.
• PSYPACT: Colorado is a participating jurisdiction for psychologists. Verify the live map at psypact.gov and hold current Commission authorization.
• Social Work Licensure Compact: Colorado has enacted the compact and is listed on swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions. Multistate SW licenses were not yet issuing as of mid-2026—confirm before marketing multistate SW practice.

Verify before you rely on any compact. Status on this page is for invoice defaults only.

Telehealth + place of service

For video sessions, commercial superbills commonly use:

• POS 10 — telehealth in patient’s home
• POS 02 — telehealth other than patient’s home
• Modifier 95 — synchronous audio-video telemedicine (when the payer requires it)

Do not use POS 11 for a pure video visit. Interstate telehealth still requires lawful authority in the client’s location (Colorado license, compact privilege when both states are operational, PSYPACT authorization for psychologists, or another pathway the board recognizes). Print the credential that actually authorizes the session.

Sales tax on therapy invoices

Colorado sales tax applies primarily to tangible personal property and specifically enumerated services. Professional counseling and psychotherapy session fees are generally not treated as taxable retail sales under the Colorado Department of Revenue Sales Tax Guide. Leave the tax line at $0 on therapy invoices unless you also sell taxable goods or enumerated services and have confirmed collection rules with DOR or a tax professional. Local home-rule cities can differ on some products—confirm if you retail merchandise.

This is not tax advice.

How to fill the Colorado generator

1. Confirm State = CO.
2. Choose credential (default LPC; candidates choose LPCC).
3. Enter rendering name and CO LPC.XXXXXXX exactly as on DORA License Lookup.
4. Add NPI, address, EIN/SSN, and taxonomy as needed.
5. Enter dates of service, CPT, ICD-10, units, charges, and amount paid.
6. Set POS 10 or 02 for video; add modifier 95 when required.
7. For LPCC, note supervisor name and license when the plan asks.
8. Download the PDF locally.

Two worked Colorado examples

Colorado paperwork runs through DORA — the Department of Regulatory Agencies — and its distinctive trap is the LPCC title, which in Colorado means "candidate," not the independent clinical counselor it denotes in states like California and Ohio. The two documents below come from a fictional Boulder practice: one private-pay invoice, one out-of-network superbill. All identifiers are placeholders.

Example 1 — an in-office private-pay Colorado invoice

An LPC sees a self-pay client for weekly 60-minute sessions in the office. No insurer is involved, so the document is an invoice — services, dates, charges, payments — and the diagnosis column can stay empty.

POS 11 is accurate for office sessions. The tax line reads $0.00 because Colorado's sales tax applies primarily to tangible personal property and specifically enumerated services — professional counseling fees are not taxable retail sales under the DOR Sales Tax Guide. The credential is LPC, and the license field follows the CO LPC.XXXXXXX hint — print the number exactly as the DORA License Lookup displays it, including the punctuation.

Example 2 — a telehealth out-of-network superbill

A second client in Fort Collins has a PPO and attends weekly by video from home. The document must satisfy an adjuster's checklist, so it becomes a superbill: the invoice fields plus diagnosis, telehealth coding, and the complete provider identity block.

The client was at home, so POS 10 applies — telehealth from anywhere else would take 02, and 11 would falsely claim an office visit. Modifier 95 marks synchronous telemedicine for the plans that require it. The intake bills 90791; the 60-minute follow-ups bill 90837.

The provider block carries the rendering name with LPC — not LPCC, which in Colorado denotes a candidate accruing hours, not an independent clinician — plus the DORA license number, NPI, practice address, and tax ID. The paid column is populated because out-of-network reimbursement repays actual expenditures.

Both parties were in Colorado, so the state license sufficed. Colorado has enacted the Counseling Compact but was not in the mid-2026 operational privilege-issuing wave — enacted is not live. A Colorado LPC reaching a client in another compact state needs both states operational before relying on a privilege. Colorado does participate in PSYPACT, but that pathway covers psychologists only.

Common mistakes on Colorado superbills

• Reading LPCC as the clinical title. In Colorado, LPCC means Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate — a supervised, pre-independent status. Independent counselors print LPC; candidates print LPCC and identify the supervisor when the plan asks.
• Dropping punctuation from the license number. DORA numbers commonly appear in a form like LPC.#######. Copy the full string — dots included — from the License Lookup rather than retyping.
• Treating enacted compact status as usable. Colorado is a Counseling Compact member but was not in the early live wave. Verify operational status for both states before any interstate reliance.
• Coding telehealth as POS 11. Use 10 for a client at home and 02 for telehealth elsewhere. POS 11 describes an office visit.
• Adding a sales-tax line. Professional counseling fees are not taxable retail sales under the Colorado DOR Sales Tax Guide. Leave the line at $0 unless you sell taxable goods.
• Leaving the paid column blank. OON plans reimburse money already spent — show amounts paid, not just charges.

FAQ

Do I include my DORA number?

Yes. Print the number exactly as shown in the online lookup, including any prefix.

LPC or LPCC on the superbill?

Use the title you legally hold. Independently licensed clinicians list LPC; candidates list LPCC.

Is Colorado Counseling Compact operational?

Colorado has enacted the compact. Operational privilege issuance is separate—check counselingcompact.gov before interstate counseling under a privilege.

Does Colorado tax therapy sessions?

Professional counseling fees are generally not subject to Colorado sales tax. Leave tax at $0 unless you sell taxable goods—verify with tax.colorado.gov.

What do OON payers want?

Name + credential, CO license number, NPI, DOS, CPT, ICD-10, POS, charges, amount paid, and telehealth modifier when required.

Why these sources matter

Every factual claim on this page traces back to a primary source: Colorado State Board of Licensed Professional Counselor Examiners, the official interstate-compact commissions, and Colorado's own tax authority. That matters because out-of-network billing guidance ages badly — license titles get renamed, compacts add members, and taxable-service lists get amended. Secondhand summaries lag those changes by months. The links below are the records themselves, with the date each was checked, so you can re-verify anything here before you rely on it for a claim.

References

1. Board (Professional Counselor). Retrieved 2026-09-14. dpo.colorado.gov
2. License lookup (DORA). Retrieved 2026-09-14. apps2.colorado.gov
3. Check a license. Retrieved 2026-09-14. dora.colorado.gov
4. Counseling Compact map. Retrieved 2026-09-14. counselingcompact.gov
5. PSYPACT map. Retrieved 2026-09-14. psypact.gov
6. Social Work Compact jurisdictions. Retrieved 2026-09-14. swcompact.org
7. Tax (Colorado DOR Sales Tax Guide). Retrieved 2026-09-14. tax.colorado.gov

Disclaimer

Educational formatting only—not legal, billing, tax, or malpractice advice. Verify with DORA boards, the client’s insurer, and Colorado DOR or a tax professional before you bill.