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tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 30
THERAPY: Don't Use 97750 For Computerized Gait Analysis
For this time-based code, make sure therapist is physically present during tests
If you're billing for a physical performance test or measurement (97750) and you're not documenting test results in detail, you could be setting yourself up for denials.
The full descriptor for 97750 calls for a "written report," and the code is meant to cover tests where the physician or therapist is in face-to-face contact with the patient the whole time, according to coding expert Judy Thomas with the American Occupational Therapy Association.
The report should be pretty detailed. "You're going to refer [the patient] back to...
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