Wiki Physical Therapy ICD10 coding

[melissaschulte]

If a patient is being seen for PT and has not had surgery or a repaired fracture, is it going to be an initial, subsequent, or Sequela encounter?

Also if a patient is able to self refer how is that coded?

 

[Lisapurple216]

My understanding is that when PT see's the patient it is for treatment for aftercare for routine healing of fracture so we have told our Therapists to use D-subsequent. If a patient self refers you would use A for initial encounter. We don't take self referral patients but the webinar I watched said A.