Physician Fee Schedule Coding Updates

Among the many provisions in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) 2020 Medicare physician fee schedule are the following updates or additions to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT©) codes that physical therapists (PTs) often use to document their services.

New Dry Needling Codes

Two new codes are now used when a PT delivers dry needling. The code terminology for the procedure is "needle insertion without injection." They are:

20560 — Needle insertion(s) without injection(s); 1 or 2 muscle(s)
20561 — Needle insertion(s) without injection(s); 3 or more muscle(s)

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