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Medical Coding

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A patient went to a chiropractor to have specific regions of his back manipulated. He needed to have his cervical, thoracic and lumbar region manipulated. What is the correct CPT code for this procedure?
  1. 98940
  2. 98941
  3. 98942
  4. 98943
Explanation
Answer: B - 98941 is the correct code for chiropractic manipulative treatment of 3-4 regions of the spine.
Code 98940 is incorrect because this code is only for 1-2 regions of manipulation of the spine. Code 98942 is incorrect because this code is for all five regions of the spine and code 98943 is incorrect because this is for extraspinal regions.
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