AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 12 (December)

Medicine (December 2007)

December 2007 page 16c Bonus Feature:Medicine Question: If a chiropractor performs and reports X rays or other diagnostic testing such as range of motion studies on one or more dates of service, is it appropriate to later report an office visit code on a subsequent date of service solely for time spent relaying the results or findings of the tests to the patient? What if the chiropractor also performs and reports chiropractic manipulative treatment (CMT) on the same date that the report of findings takes place? Answer: The review of prior radiologic imaging, test interpretation, and other test results...

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