PT Evaluation Codes: Case Scenarios
Presented by Rick Gawenda
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Using case scenarios in pediatrics, neurology, and orthopedics, this course will teach participants how to determine the appropriate complexity level for a PT evaluation and the documentation that must be present in the medical record to support their choice.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the correct evaluation code based on evaluation findings and documentation
- Compare examples of stable, evolving and changing, and unstable and unpredictable clinical presentations
- Recognize how comorbidities and personal factors can impact the level of PT evaluation selected
- Clarify how time impacts the level of complexity of a PT evaluation
- List the four components of a PT evaluation
Meet your instructor
Rick Gawenda
Rick Gawenda is founder and president of Gawenda Seminars & Consulting, Inc. He graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science in physical therapy from Wayne State University in Detroit. Rick is director of finance for a physical therapist–owned private practice with multiple offices located in Southern California. In addition,…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Physical Therapy Evaluation CPT Codes
This chapter will teach participants the four components of the physical therapy evaluation CPT codes and the minimum requirements that must be met for each component to bill that complexity level.
2. Physical Therapy Evaluation Case Scenarios: Pediatrics and Neurology
This chapter will provide case scenarios that will teach physical therapists how to select the appropriate evaluation complexity level based on their documentation. Examples will include pediatrics and neurology.
3. Physical Therapy Evaluation Case Scenarios: Orthopedics
This chapter will provide case scenarios that will teach physical therapists how to select the appropriate evaluation complexity level based on their documentation. Examples will focus on orthopedics.
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