Hi all,
How are lymphedema therapists working in the acute setting billing for their
services? If a PT evaluates a patient for mobility assessment and subsequently,
get referral for lymphedema for the same patient and a different PT who is a
CLT then assesses and treats lymphedema of an extremity in the same patient,
then do they bill for a separate evaluation all together as they are doing a
new eval of the edema ? Or do they just do a "treat" as PT has already
evaluated them
though not for lymphedema?
In some cases we learnt that CLTs bill for a Re-evaluation. What do other
hospitals follow?
Thanks for your feedback.
C. Srinivasan PT, CLT-LANA
