AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 4 (April)

Medicine (April 2003)

April 2003 page 26a Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Medicine, 97530, 97545 (Q&A) Question Is code 97530, Therapeutic activities, direct (one-on-one) patient contact by the provider (use of dynamic activities to improve functional performance), each 15 minutes, considered a component of code 97545, Work hardening/conditioning; initial 2 hours? AMA Comment Code 97545, Work hardening/conditioning; initial 2 hours, is a work related, intensive, goal-oriented treatment program specifically designed to restore an individual's systemic, neuromusculoskeletal and cardiopulmonary functions. The objective of the work conditioning program is to restore the client's physical capacity and function so the client can return to work...

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