AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 7 (July)
Surgery: Musculoskeletal System (Q&A) (July 2014)
July 2014 page 8a Surgery: Musculoskeletal System Question: In the June 2006 CPT Assistant, the AMA stated that a physician must be present during the application of a brace in order to report code 22310. Because strapping and bracing are typically no longer used for closed vertebral fractures, does this in any way change the AMA's position on physician presence for the brace application requirement for reporting code 22310? Answer: No. There is no change in the reporting requirements for code 22310, Closed treatment of vertebral body fracture(s), without manipulation, requiring and including casting or bracing. Physician presence is...
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