CPT^® 97016, Under Supervised Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Modalities

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 97016 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Supervised Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Modalities.

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In this procedure, the provider applies the vasopneumatic device to an extremity for the purpose of reducing edema, or swelling.

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Code 97016

Full disclosure, out of everything I know physical therapy coding is at the bottom of the list. However in looking at this I am with you. I can't see how they are using modifier -76 correctly and the ... [ Read More ]

Code 97016

We are currently using a billing company for some of our services (something I do not agree with) and they are billing code 97016 twice with a modifier of -76 on the second charge. The services we ar... [ Read More ]

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97139 for acupuncture was accepted until few days ago for cupping service, but I just got denied on the CPT code stating "procedure code has been deleted or not valid" Anyone having a same issue? Are... [ Read More ]

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Hello, I am having hard time getting reimbursed for 97016 for Vaso therapy treatment for a physical therapy office. We had to have a swelling code for it to get paid in ICD9, and now I am using the c... [ Read More ]

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Hello, I had a Worker's comp claim deny due to them stating that modalities cannot be billed without therapeutic procedures. I billed out 97016 with GP,59 modifiers and 97035 GP,59 modifiers. Can a... [ Read More ]

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Not sure about medicare however, we bill cupping to workers comp & mva's and it is usually covered. We use cpt code 97016. Hope that helps.... [ Read More ]

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Does anybody know if it is appropriate for an OT/PT office to bill in office use of a Game Ready device under 97016 as Vasopneumatic compression for treatment of edema?... [ Read More ]

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That actually isn't the right code for cupping, this is from the AMA as of 2005: "Code 97016, Application of a modality to one or more areas; vasopneumatic devices, captures devices that provide and ... [ Read More ]

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