AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 2 (February)

Medicine: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (February 2007)

February 2007 page 11-end Coding Communication:Medicine: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Question A 57-year-old male deliveryman required a functional capacity evaluation to determine his ability to tolerate the demands of returning to work. The physical therapist performed a review of all pertinent medical records, including physician examination, operative reports, radiological reports, and the job task analysis report before seeing the client. The client participated in a customized functional capacity evaluation during a fourhour period on one day. The therapist collected pertinent objective and subjective data during the testing and prepared a written report. How is this procedure reported? AMA Comment...

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