AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 1 (January)

Medicine (January 2005)

January 2005 page 47b Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Medicine, 97140, 98940, 98941, 98942, 98943 (Q&A) Question Would it be appropriate to report CPT code 97140, Manual therapy techniques (eg), mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage, manual traction), one or more regions, each 15 minutes, separately when chiropractic manipulation techniques (CMT).. CPT codes 98940-98943..are provided at the same session? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, CPT code 97140 is not intended to include CMT. The appropriate CMT procedure code(s) should be reported for those manipulation techniques. Since it is possible that manual therapy technique(s) may be required in addition...

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