tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 38

Physical Therapy: Canalith Repositioning Maneuvers Have A New Code

Medicare's recent reimbursement decision could affect you. CPT Codes has a New Years gift for physical therapy coders, with the new procedure code to describe canalith repositioning, CPT 95992 (Canalith repositioning procedure[s] [e.g., Epley maneuver, Semont maneuver], per day). What it is: Canalith repositioning, or CRM, consists of specialized techniques to help relieve patients from Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). When a person has BPPV, small crystals, or otoconia, from the inner ear become dislodged and float into the canal system, inadvertently hitting sensory organs that, in re-sponse, send signals triggering eye movement to adjust for repositioning, explains...

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