South Carolina superbill and invoice for LPC, LCSW, LMFT, and psychologists
This page is the same Therapist Invoice Generator generator with South Carolina selected. Out-of-network clients still need a superbill with your NPI, tax ID, South Carolina 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 South Carolina superbills
Independent counseling in South Carolina is commonly written as LPC. Also print the letters you actually hold: LPC, LISW-CP, LMFT, Licensed Psychologist. The board to match your number against is the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, MFT and Psycho-Educational Specialists. License line hint: SC LPC #.
South Carolina independent social workers often use LISW-CP. Counselors: LPC.
Telehealth coding (national rules, used in South Carolina)
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 South Carolina
Professional therapy is generally exempt from South Carolina 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: Not a member
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.
What social work title belongs on a South Carolina superbill?
LISW-CP is the clinical independent license. LMSW/LISW-AP are different tiers — print what you hold.
What to put on a South Carolina superbill
- Your legal name, LPC or other credential, practice address, phone
- NPI (Type 1) and EIN or SSN as tax ID
- South Carolina license number as printed by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, MFT and Psycho-Educational Specialists
- 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.
South Carolina private-practice clinicians use superbills for out-of-network (OON) insurance reimbursement and invoices for self-pay clients. This generator builds either document in the browser—no PHI upload—and downloads a PDF with rendering credential, South Carolina license number, NPI, CPT, ICD-10, place of service, and payment lines.
Select South Carolina defaults when your rendering authority and the client’s location for the session are South Carolina (or another jurisdiction you are lawfully authorized to serve). Match the exact title on your South Carolina LLR board record. This page is workflow documentation only—not legal, billing, or tax advice.
License titles that belong on the form
South Carolina’s independent counseling title is Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). That is the generator default and the string most commercial payers expect from a South Carolina counseling practice.
Other titles commonly used on South Carolina superbills:
- LISW-CP — Licensed Independent Social Worker–Clinical Practice (the clinical independent social work license; LMSW and LISW-AP are different tiers—print what you hold).
- LMFT — Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
- Licensed Psychologist — psychologists licensed through South Carolina’s psychology board—print the exact title on your license.
Exact credential dropdown strings:
`LPC` · `LISW-CP` · `LMFT` · `Licensed Psychologist`
Associate or intern titles (when held) must appear as such—do not print an independent title during a supervised period. Identify the supervisor when a payer asks.
Board, license number, lookup
LPC, LMFT, addiction counselor, and psycho-educational specialist licenses are issued by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors and Psycho-Educational Specialists under LLR — llr.sc.gov/cou. Social workers verify through the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners (also under LLR).
Official counselor verification: LLR Counselors license lookup. Copy the license number exactly as shown. The generator hint SC LPC # is a placeholder—replace it with your real LLR number. Include individual NPI (and group NPI if applicable) plus tax ID as the payer requires.
Interstate practice: Counseling Compact / PSYPACT / SW compact
Snapshot for 2026-09-14 (always re-check official maps):
- Counseling Compact — enacted (not yet operational for privileges). South Carolina appears on counselingcompact.gov/map/compact-states. SC LLR notes the board is an active compact member; privileges are still usable only when both home and remote states are live/operational on the Commission’s current list.
- PSYPACT — yes. South Carolina participates for psychologists with required ASPPB authorizations. Confirm on psypact.gov.
- Social Work Licensure Compact — no (not listed as a compact jurisdiction). South Carolina passed compact-related legislation with material language differences; the official swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions list does not include South Carolina as of this retrieval. Do not rely on a multistate SW compact license for South Carolina practice until the Commission recognizes the state.
Verify before you rely on it. Compact membership and privilege systems change.
Telehealth + place of service
Use POS 10 when the patient is at home, or POS 02 for telehealth elsewhere. Add modifier 95 for synchronous telemedicine when the payer’s guide requires it. Do not use POS 11 for a video-only visit.
SC LLR publishes telehealth provider registration information for applicable professions—follow board guidance when registering. A South Carolina license, a live Counseling Compact privilege naming South Carolina (when operational), or another lawful authorization must cover the client’s location.
Sales tax on therapy invoices
South Carolina Department of Revenue policy treats licensed professionals (including medical and other licensed professionals) as consumers of tangible personal property used incidental to professional services. Therapy session fees are generally not measured as taxable retail sales. Professionals who also regularly sell tangible personal property at retail must obtain a retail license and remit tax on those sales.
Leave the invoice sales tax at $0 for clinical services. Confirm edge cases with the South Carolina Department of Revenue (see Policy Manual Chapter 5 on sales/purchases at retail) or a tax professional.
How to fill the South Carolina generator
- Choose Superbill or Invoice.
- Set jurisdiction to SC.
- Enter rendering name; select LPC (default) or LISW-CP / LMFT / Licensed Psychologist as held.
- Complete practice demographics, NPI, tax ID, and South Carolina board license number.
- Add client member ID / DOB only if needed for the OON claim.
- Enter DOS, CPT, ICD-10, units, fees, and payments.
- Telehealth: POS 10 or 02; modifier 95 when required.
- Keep sales tax $0 on therapy fees.
- Download the PDF locally—nothing is uploaded.
Two worked South Carolina examples
South Carolina's counseling paperwork runs through LLR — Labor, Licensing and Regulation — under a board whose full name covers counselors, MFTs, addiction counselors, and psycho-educational specialists alike. The two documents below come from a fictional Charleston practice: one private-pay invoice, one out-of-network superbill. All identifiers are placeholders.
Example 1 — an in-office private-pay South Carolina 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.
| Date of service | Service | CPT | POS | Charge | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1 | Individual psychotherapy, 60 min | 90837 | 11 | $140.00 | $140.00 |
| Apr 8 | Individual psychotherapy, 60 min | 90837 | 11 | $140.00 | $140.00 |
| Apr 15 | Individual psychotherapy, 60 min | 90837 | 11 | $140.00 | $140.00 |
| Apr 22 | Individual psychotherapy, 60 min | 90837 | 11 | $140.00 | $140.00 |
| Sales tax (see below) | $0.00 | ||||
| Total | $560.00 | $560.00 | |||
POS 11 is accurate for office sessions. The tax line stays at $0.00 because South Carolina's sales tax focuses on tangible personal property and enumerated taxable activities — licensed professionals' therapy session fees are generally not taxed. The credential is LPC, and the license field follows the SC LPC # hint — copy the number exactly as the LLR counselors license lookup displays it.
Example 2 — a telehealth out-of-network superbill
A second client in Greenville 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.
| Date of service | CPT | Modifier | POS | ICD-10 | Charge | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3 | 90791 | 95 | 10 | F32.1 | $170.00 | $170.00 |
| Jun 10 | 90837 | 95 | 10 | F32.1 | $140.00 | $140.00 |
| Jun 17 | 90837 | 95 | 10 | F32.1 | $140.00 | $140.00 |
| Jun 24 | 90837 | 95 | 10 | F32.1 | $140.00 | $140.00 |
| Total | $590.00 | $590.00 | ||||
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 flags synchronous audio-video service 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, the license number copied from LLR's Counselors license lookup, NPI, practice address, and tax ID. If the rendering clinician were a clinical social worker, the credential would be LISW-CP — South Carolina's clinical independent tier; LMSW and LISW-AP are different rungs entirely. The paid column is populated because OON reimbursement repays actual expenditures.
Both parties were in South Carolina, so the state license sufficed. South Carolina has enacted the Counseling Compact — privileges require both home and remote states to be live on the Commission map before reliance — and participates in PSYPACT for psychologists holding ASPPB authorizations.
Common mistakes on South Carolina superbills
- Truncating the social work credential. South Carolina's clinical independent social work license is LISW-CP. LMSW and LISW-AP are different tiers — print the exact letters on the license.
- Printing an intern title as LPC. Associate and intern statuses must appear as such — print the credential you hold and identify the supervisor when the plan asks.
- Verifying on the wrong LLR board. Counselors verify through the Counselors lookup under LLR; social workers verify through the Board of Social Work Examiners, also under LLR. Use the record matching the credential.
- Treating enacted compact status as live. South Carolina is a Counseling Compact member, but privileges require operational status on both ends — verify counselingcompact.gov first.
- 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. Therapy session fees are generally not taxed in South Carolina. Leave the line at $0 unless you regularly sell taxable goods.
FAQ
What social work title belongs on a South Carolina superbill?
LISW-CP is the clinical independent license. LMSW/LISW-AP are different tiers—print what you hold.
Is South Carolina in the Counseling Compact?
Yes—enacted. Privileges work only with other live/operational states; check counselingcompact.gov before interstate counseling claims.
Is South Carolina in the Social Work Compact?
Not on the official compact-jurisdictions list as of 2026-09-14 (material language issues noted by the Commission). Do not advertise multistate SW compact practice for South Carolina until status changes.
Does South Carolina tax therapy sessions?
Professional therapy is generally exempt from South Carolina sales tax. Leave tax at $0 on session-only invoices unless you sell taxable goods.
What do OON payers want on a South Carolina superbill?
Name + South Carolina credential, LLR license number, NPI, DOS, CPT, ICD-10, POS, charges, payments, and telehealth modifiers when required.
Why these sources matter
Every factual claim on this page traces back to a primary source: South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors and Psycho-Educational Specialists, the official interstate-compact commissions, and South Carolina'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
- Board (LLR Counselors). Retrieved 2026-09-14. llr.sc.gov
- License lookup. Retrieved 2026-09-14. verify.llronline.com
- Counseling Compact jurisdictions. Retrieved 2026-09-14. counselingcompact.gov
- PSYPACT map. Retrieved 2026-09-14. psypact.gov
- Social Work Compact jurisdictions. Retrieved 2026-09-14. swcompact.org
- Tax (SCDOR Policy Manual Ch. 5). Retrieved 2026-09-14. dor.sc.gov
Disclaimer
Educational formatting only—not legal, billing, tax, or clinical advice. Confirm licensure with SC LLR boards, compact status with the official commissions, payer rules with the insurer, and tax treatment with SCDOR or a qualified preparer.