Hello Pat: It's my opinion that since you bill as a therapist, you may only bill therapy codes. I do not find CPT 95201 in Medicare's therapy codes.
On a completely different note, I can't even find a reference to CPT 95201. What is it? Thanks, Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] H&Ps P> At the pain clinic I work for we have an extensive intake process P> that includes an interview with the counselor, psych eval, PPT, and P> history and physical. We used to have a dr that did the history and P> physical, but he is gone now and I am doing them. The problem is... P> how do I bill for those? Someone suggested to me that the CPT code P> 95201 is outside of my scope, but the code for OT eval doesn't really P> cover the extent of the H&P. It's a more extensive interview and P> exam, which includes several orthopedic exams (tests that are usually P> done by PTs, but I have been trained to do them). I thought I P> remembered seeing a code for extended OT evals, but I can't find it P> anywhere. I'm not even sure where to look to see if I can use the P> 95201 code as an OT. Does anyone know? P> Pat -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
