Most Common CPT Codes for Physical Therapy

A Quick Review of CPT Codes and ICD-10 Codes

CPT stands for Current Procedural Terminology and are published by the American Medical Association. Ranging from 00100 to 99499, the CPT codes are used to describe medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and procedures.

Medical professionals like Physical Therapists use CPT codes to classify the treatment of diagnoses. ICD-9 Codes (International Classification of Diseases 9th edition) are used to classify signs, symptoms, injuries, diseases, and conditions.

The idea is that the CPT code (treatment, service, procedure) matches up logically with the ICD-10 code (the symptom, injury, etc.). If the CPT code doesn’t support the ICD-10 code, you’ll have a problem – and you’ll likely have trouble getting reimbursed.

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Common Physical Therapy CPT Codes

The most commonly used CPT codes for Physical Therapy are listed below.  For example, the CPT code for therapeutic exercise is 97110.  The CPT code is listed on the left, the name of the code is in the middle and the description is in the right column.

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