AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 5 (May)

Medicine: Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (Q&A) (May 2012)

May 2012 page 14d Medicine: Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Question: Would it ever be appropriate to report code 98928, Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT); 7-8 body regions involved, with a quantity of 2 or more? For example, a patient presents to the office and has OMT of 7-8 body regions. Immediately following the OMT, the patient has physical therapy. After physical therapy the patient has another OMT of the same 7-8 body regions again, all in one encounter visit. Answer: It would not be appropriate to report two units of code 98928, Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT); 7 to 8 body regions...

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