Good conversation.
Mary, will you provide a reference for this statement:
>> It is also true that the 97542 wheelchair management and
training code is the only code that can be billed for treatment
on the same day the MAC evaluation code is used. <<
----- Original Message -----
From: Mary Alice Cafiero <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subj: [OTlist] W/C evals
MAC> It is also true that the 97542 wheelchair management and training code
MAC> is the only code that can be billed for treatment on the same day the
MAC> evaluation code is used. This makes it possible to do the OT eval/
MAC> Whelchair assessment on the same day. I procure the doctor's order for
MAC> eval and tx ahead of time.
MAC> It's all a work in progress on my part because it is a very new field
MAC> to be doing only w/c evals in patients' homes but not as part of a
MAC> home health agency. Believe me, it confounds all of the funding
MAC> sources when I call with ?S.
MAC> Sure is fun, though!
MAC> Your explanation of the 7 minute rule is what I understood..... but it
MAC> needs to be clear that an hour long treatment is 4 units, not 8 units
MAC> (as it would be if it were a true "per 7 minute unit").
MAC> Mary Alice
MAC> Mary Alice Cafiero, MSOT/L, ATP
MAC> [email protected]
MAC> 972-757-3733
MAC> Fax 888-708-8683
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