Sec. 447.5. Occupational therapy services

(a) ACCOUNT NUMBER

 

COST CENTER TITLE

7530

 

Occupational Therapy

(1) The standard unit of measure will be the relative value units developed by the American Occupational Therapy Association. Relative value units should be counted during a patient visit for all assessment, treatment or other activities which use the resources of the occupational therapy department, and for which a charge is made. Fifteen minutes is the smallest increment of time for which a unit of service should occur. After the initial 15 minutes, patient contact for less than 15 minutes should be rounded to the nearest whole 15-minute period.

(2) For patient groups of two or more, the appropriate relative value units listed in the schedule should be counted for each patient in the group. Different codes should be used to indicate the same treatment given to different size groups.

(3) Since a charge for only one treatment for a 15-minute period can be made, concurrent or combination treatments should be handled by selecting the most significant or longest treatment determined by the the therapist.

(4) Occupational therapy services provided in the home will have a unit value equivalent to that shown in the schedule for the service provided, plus the applicable unit value for travel time to and from the home.

(5) Relative value units for unlisted procedures should be reasonably estimated on the basis of other comparable procedures, or estimated by qualified personnel. If your facility has a standard set of treatments that all patients receive unique to your facility, using the system as a guide, relative value units should be developed.

(6) The system includes several definitions of activities not listed on the Relative Value Schedule, as the schedule is designed only for direct treatment.

RVU's per 15 minutes Patient Group Categories
Code number*	Service category	1 pt.	2-4 pts.	5-8 pts.	9 or more pts.
	(b) Occupational Therapy Assessment.
	(1) Screening	11	5.5	3.3
98004	(2) Patient Related Consultation	14
	(3) Evaluation
98055-06	(i) Independent Living/Daily Living Skills and Performance	18	9.0
98010-00	(ii) Sensorimotor Skill and Performance Components	21	10.5
98015-16	(iii) Cognitive Skill and Performance Components	20	10.0
98020-21	(iv) Psychosocial Skill and Performance Components	18	9.0
98025-26	(v) Therapeutic Adaptations	19
98030-32	(vi) Specialized Evaluation	23	11.5	6.9
	(4) Reassessment	18	9.0
	(c) Occupational Therapy Treatment.
	(1) Independent Living/Daily Living Skills and Performance
98040-42	(i) Physical Daily Living Skills	13	6.5	3.9
98045-47	(ii) Psychosocial/Emotional motional Daily Living Skills	13	6.5	3.9
	(iii) Work
98050-52	(a) Homemaking	15	7.5	4.5
98055-57	(b) Child Care/Parenting	18	9.0	5.4
98060-62	(c) Employment Preparation	19	9.5	5.7
98065-67	(iv) Play/Leisure	14	7.0	4.2
	(2) Sensorimotor Components
	(i) Neuromuscular
98070	(a) Reflex Integration	18
98075-78	(b) Range of Motion	13	6.5	3.9	1.3
	(c) Gross and Fine Coordination	13	6.5	3.9	1.3
98085-88	(d) Strength and Endurance	13	6.5	3.9	1.3
98090-92	(ii) Sensory Integration	16	8.0	4.8
	(3) Cognitive Components
98095-98	(i) Orientation	10	5.0	3.0	1.0
98100-01	(ii) Conceptualization/Comprehension	14	7.0
98105-06	(iii) Cognitive Integration	14	7.0
	(4) Psychosocial Components
96110-13	(i) Self Management	14	7.0	4.2	1.4
96115-16	(ii) Dyadic Interaction	14	7.0
98120-23	(iii) Group Interaction	10	5.0	3.0	1.0
	(5) Therapeutic Adaptation
98125	(i) Orthotics	20
98130-31	(ii) Prosthetics	16	8.0
98135-36	(iii) Assistive/Adaptive Equipment	16	8.0
98140-43	(6) Prevention	13	6.5	3.9	1.3
98145	(d) Patient/Client-Related Conferences	14
98150-53	(e) Travel: Patient Treatment-Related	12	6.0	3.6	1.2

(f) Only one code number may be used for a given category. Thus, where a series of code numbers are listed, each code number in the series is to be used for a different patient group category. For example, code numbers 98001 through 98003 are given for screening: 98001 would be used for screening one patient, 98002 for screening a group of two to five patients, and 98003 for screening a group of six to eight patients.