AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 12 (December)

Orthotic Management and Prosthetic Management (December 2005)

December 2005 page 8 Orthotic Management and Prosthetic Management CPT 2006 includes revisions and reorganization of codes in the 97000 series related to services for orthotic and prosthetic management. Prior to 2006, the three available codes describing services related to orthotic and prosthetic management in the 97000 series included the following: 97504Orthotic(s) fitting and training, upper extremity(ies), lower extremity(ies), and/or trunk, each 15 minutes 97520Prosthetic training, upper and/or lower extremities, each 15 minutes 97703Checkout for orthotic/prosthetic use, established patient, each 15 minutes The narrative of the codes prior to the 2006 changes did not fully describe the services associated...

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