Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Medicare publishes helpful documents and alerts to keep providers in the know about important topics. The Benefit Policy Manual is the rulebook that must be followed for Medicare. Chapter 15, and Section 240 is the section that is devoted to the policy guidelines for chiropractic coverage and care. This Reference Document…
Using PART as Part of your ROV Documentation
Documenting PART During Routine Office Visits The PART Process initials are an acronym for the required elements of examination that quantify the existence of a subluxation to meet Medicare requirements. The elements of PART are Pain, Asymmetry or Misalignment, Range of Motion Abnormalities, and Tissue Tone Changes. These elements are generally present in the initial…
Documenting PART in an Initial Visit Note
Using Clinical Judgement to Document PART Medicare requires that medical necessity be proven using the components of PART: Pain, Asymmetry, Range of motion, and Tissue tone changes. Two of these four elements must be present, and one must be Asymmetry or Range of motion. These are findings that are usually discovered during the initial evaluation…
Documenting PART
This short training summarizes the purpose of PART and how it fits into the initial and day to day visits within an episode of care. Most providers find that when they incorporate PART into the look and feel of the objective section of the note, for all patients, it provides a template for proving medical…
Chiropractic Specific Medicare Guidance from CMS
Download Reference Documents Medicare publishes helpful documents and alerts to keep providers in the know about important topics. On this page, we list timely tools to review, download, and save in your Medicare training documents. First, Medicare has compiled the most common misconceptions about Chiropractic care under the Medicare Part B program, and misinformation that…
Coding Basics for Chiropractic Assistants
Coding has two main components; one is CPT and the other is ICD. They are entirely different but, in most cases, must be used together to define a service and obtain reimbursement. In this module, we will discuss the different types of CPT codes that are common in a chiropractic clinic and how ICD fits…