Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Update (November 2001)

Why This Topic Matters

It helps readers understand how CPT physical medicine and rehabilitation services are organized and documented, especially when services occur on the same date as evaluation and management work or involve timed procedures and written reports.

Article Sections

1. November 2001 page 4

   Introductory coding communication and the scope of the update are presented, along with the article’s focus on physical medicine and rehabilitation coding.

2. Manual Muscle Testing/Range of Motion Testing: Codes 95831 95832 95833 -95834, 95851-95852

   This section reviews selected CPT physical medicine and rehabilitation testing topics, including reporting considerations, documentation elements, and interaction with evaluation and management services.

3. Supervised and Constant Attendance Modalities: Codes 97010 97012 97014 97016 97018 97020 97022 97024 97026 97028 97032 97033 97034 97035 97036 -97039

   This section outlines modality reporting concepts within CPT physical medicine and rehabilitation and discusses time-based service structure and documentation requirements.

4. Orthotics and Prosthetics: Codes 97504 and 97520

   This section addresses orthotics and prosthetics-related services in the rehabilitation setting and distinguishes the general service categories covered by these codes.

5. Physical Performance Testing: Code 97750

   This section covers physical performance testing and measurement, including the role of written reporting and the relationship to other physical medicine and rehabilitation testing services.

6. Vignette for 97750

   A clinical vignette illustrates the physical performance testing service in a workplace-related scenario and shows the surrounding pre-service, intra-service, and post-service work described in the article.

7. Some Useful Facts to Take Home

   This concluding section summarizes general reminders about reporting, documentation, time-based services, and related CPT Assistant references.