AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 8 (August)

Medicine: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (August 2006)

August 2006 page 11c Medicine: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 97001, 97003 (Q&A) Question With respect to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation codes 97001, Physical therapy evaluation, and 97003, Occupational therapy evaluation, do they include assessment and write-up time or only the direct contact time for performing the test or evaluation? AMA Comment Codes 97001 and 97003 include the assessment of the patient, the documentation of the entire evaluation process, as well as the direct contact time spent performing the test or evaluation. Medicine: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 97001, 97003 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant. 2006; August 2006 page 11c...

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