BC Advantage - 2017 Issue 5

Calendar Year 2017 – Changes to PT & OT

Well we knew this moment would come sooner or later after all the commotion over ICD-10 was over.  If you, like myself, try to memorize codes as a starting reference point, don't!  The good news for those of us who aren't too keen on changes is that there are not too many for evaluations and re-evaluations and when you actually look at them, it makes sense for a change.  First let's look at Physical Therapy: in the past we used 97001 for Physical Therapy Evaluation.  What they came up with was a way to differentiate...

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