Rehab administrators answer questions regarding CPT codes for Serial Casting. IPRC archives information collected by the Pediatric Rehab Administrator’s ListServ as a public service to the entire Pediatric Rehabilitation Community. All information is posted in summary format and has been de-identified. Search through past queries for responses to rehabilitation related questions.
Original Question:
For those of you who are serial casting for both upper and lower extremity in your outpatient locations, what CPT codes are you utilizing? For example, we have been utilizing: 97760 and 97763, 29515, 29086, 29075. We are being told that the 29000 codes are not payable for PT/OT per our state Medicaid.
Summary of Responses:
Overwhelmingly, the group is only utilizing the 97760 and 97763 codes.