CMS Transmittal: Questions and Answers Regarding the Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services and Physical Medicine Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Coding Guidance

March 1, 2000 This Program Memorandum (PM) was issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), in the form of questions and answers to respond to numerous inquiries relating to PM AB-00-01, dated January 2000 (formerly PM AB-98-63 dated October 1998). It also provides coding guidance on physical medicine CPT codes. It does not provide clarification regarding the financial limitation as this limitation has been suspended for 2 years based on the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999. Guidance regarding the suspension of the financial limitation will . . .