Eli's Rehab Report
Clicking Hands
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Eli's Rehab Report
- Medicare is Selective About Screening Tests and Procedures for Osteoporosis Patients
The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation estimates that 1.5 million fractures per year [...] - Use Therapy Codes for Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Not Cardiac
Over 15 percent of patients seeing rehabilitation physicians suffer from cardiac or pulmonary conditions that [...] - You Be the Coder:
Policemans Disease
Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the [...] - News Alert:
Medicare Begins to Accept Preoperative Exams
Physiatrists who perform preoperative exams for patients undergoing hip replacements, meniscus repairs and other commonly [...] - Reader Question:
Arthritis with Underlying Cause
Question: How should I code for arthritis if an underlying cause is indicated (in this [...] - Reader Question:
Gait Training
Question: Our therapist did not note the amount of time she spent with a patient, [...] - Reader Question:
Diagnosis for FOP
Question: I received a chart with a diagnosis for "FOP," which is a bone disease, [...] - Reader Question:
Clicking Hands
Question: One of our patients presented because her hand "clicks" when she moves her fingers. [...] - Reader Question:
Orthotics
Question: Can we bill 97703 for orthotic checkout and 97504 for the fitting and training [...] - Reader Question:
Therapy Bundling
Question: I am having difficulty with CPT 97530 being bundled with an E/M [...] - Reader Question:
Surface EMGs
Question: What is the code for surface EMG? One of our physiatrists performs this for [...] - Reader Question:
Bilateral Bursitis
Question: I understand that using multiple modifiers can delay payment, but right and left modifiers [...] - Reader Question:
Use of Hospitals EMG Equipment
Question: I moved to a new office and don't have my EMG machine set up, [...]
