Chiropractic Coding & Compliance Alert
Reader Question:
Know Your Covered Chiropractic Services
Published on Fri Feb 13, 2015 
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Question: What are the covered chiropractic services under Medicare?
Florida Subscriber
Answer: Spinal manipulation is a covered service under Medicare. Acute, chronic, and maintenance adjustments are all “covered” services, but only acute and chronic services are considered active care and, therefore, may be reimbursable. When further clinical improvement cannot reasonably be expected from continuous ongoing care, and the chiropractic treatment moves from corrective to supportive in nature, the treatment is then considered maintenance therapy.
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