AMA CPT® Assistant - 1999 Issue 3 (March)
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: CPT Code 97140 (March 1999)
March 1999 pages 1-2 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: CPT Code 97140 Clinical Vignette for 97140 One of the major changes made to the 1999 physical medicine and rehabilitation section of CPT was the deletion of several existing CPT codes and the addition of one new code. For CPT 1999, codes 97122 , 97250 , 97260 , 97261 and 97265 were deleted and replaced with 97140 , Manual therapy techniques (eg, mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage, manual traction), one or more regions, each 15 minutes. With the addition of new code 97140 , that describes both mobilization and manipulation techniques, physical therapists, as well as other...
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Article Overview
This article explains a 1999 update to the CPT physical medicine and rehabilitation section and discusses how a new manual therapy code fits within broader therapy documentation and reporting. It is written for clinicians and coding professionals who need to understand the scope of the change, the types of services involved, and the accompanying guidance presented through a clinical vignette.
Why This Topic Matters
It helps readers evaluate how a CPT revision affected reporting of manual therapy services in rehabilitation settings and understand the broader documentation context around those services.
Article Sections
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March 1999 pages 1-2
Publication and page-location information for the article content.
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Clinical Vignette for 97140
An overview of the article’s clinical example and the related rehabilitation service context.
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Manual Therapy Techniques
A general discussion of the manual therapy service category, its scope, and the kinds of therapeutic goals associated with it.
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Clinical Vignette, 97140
A detailed patient scenario illustrating the broader rehabilitation setting in which the service is discussed.
What You Will Learn
- How a 1999 CPT update affected the physical medicine and rehabilitation section
- What broad categories of therapy services are addressed in the article
- How the article uses a clinical vignette to illustrate the service context
- What kinds of documentation and reporting considerations are associated with the topic
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Physicians
- Physical therapists
- Rehabilitation providers
- Billing and compliance staff
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