Much confusion exists around the Manual Therapy Techniques code 97140 and its documentation and coding requirements, especially if Chiropractic Adjustments are done and billed on the same visit. Payers make their rules, and you must be aware of them when billing them. Otherwise, alarm bells ring because you receive claim denials or keep receiving denials,…
Manual Therapies, Play and Stay in the Game
Manual Muscle Therapy lives in the Physical Medicine Bucket We understand the thrust to help your patients commit to and sustain a pain free, fully functional, and productive lifestyle, is of your practice’s highest order. Manual Therapies can be a stable and productive part of any type of practice, insurance or self-pay based. To implement…
Documentation Samples for Exercise Therapies
Download Support Tools Two of the most important locations for proper documentation of the CMT is when it’s prescribed in the initial treatment plan and when it’s described on a Routine Office Visit (ROV). We provide documentation samples throughout the KMC University Library including examples of the necessary components of a note for clinically appropriate…
Coding Therapeutic Activities – 97530
Therapeutic Activities – 97530 Therapeutic Activities are an asset to any office when coded and documented correctly. It is important to note that the guidelines for this code may vary, depending on individual state laws or provider contract provisions. Complete a Verification of Benefits for each patient to determine specific requirements. Guidelines are different if…
Coding Neuromuscular Re-Education – 97112
Neuromuscular Re-education 97112 One of the more significant coding dilemmas faced by chiropractors is the proper reporting of Neuromuscular Re-education. This is, in part, because there are so many definitions of NMR and an even higher number of ways to interpret these definitions. Although NMR seems to have no universally accepted definition, it generally refers…
Post Isometric Relaxation (PIR)
Billing PIR as Manual Therapy Providers of manual and exercise therapy find a great deal of difficulty getting a straight answer about how PIR stretching should be coded. We know of providers who have been audited and had all claims denied for PIR when billed as 97110, Therapeutic Exercise. They were told it should be…