AMA CPT® Assistant - 1997 Issue 3 (March)

Medicine, 98941, 98943 (Q&A) (March 1997)

March 1997 page 10 Coding Consultation Medicine, 98941, 98943 (Q&A) Question If chiropractic manipulative treatment is performed on the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions, as well as the temporomandibular joint, what code should I report? AMA Comment It would be necessary to report two CPT codes to adequately describe the treatment described. CPT code 98941, Chiropractic manipulative treatment (CMT); spinal, three to four regions, would be reported for the CMT of the three spinal regions (cervical, thoracic and lumbar), and code 98943, Chiropractic manipulative treatment (CMT); extraspinal, one or more regions, would be reported for the CMT of...

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