AMA CPT® Assistant - 2000 Issue 12 (December)

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (December 2000)

December 2000 page 15 Coding Consultation Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medicine, 97012 (Q&A) Question Is mechanical traction (97012) included in the osteopathic manipulative coding (98925-98929) or chiropractic manipulative coding (98940-98943)? AMA Comment Code 97012 (mechanical traction) is not an inclusive component of either osteopathic manipulation techniques or chiropractic manipulation techniques. Should mechanical traction be performed in addition to an OMT or CMT procedure, the appropriate OMT or CMT procedure code(s) should be reported for the manipulation technique(s) in addition to the mechanical traction procedure (97012). AMA Comment You are correct to report code 88307 when the single sample...

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