Cold caps and scalp cooling systems are slightly different.
Cold cap therapy cpt code.
Penguin cold cap therapy is a drug free and non invasive scalp cooling process for a broad range of applications depending on suitability including minimizing hair loss reducing minor trauma swelling and managing migraine or headache.
Caps are changed to maintain the correct optimum temperature for a period of time depending on individual specific treatment.
Fda clears expanded use of cooling cap to reduce hair loss during chemotherapy fda news release dated 07 03 2017.
Cold caps are similar to ice packs.
E1399 durable medical equipment misc a9273 cold or hot fluid bottle ice cap or collar heat and or cold wrap any type a9282 wig.
There are medical equipment codes the representative will want these as well.
Suggested cpt codes that may be covered are.
Fda website guideline history revision information.
Common physical therapy cpt codes.
Hot or cold packs bundled code cpt.
Cold cap therapy involves applying a specially designed gel cap on to the head to cool the scalp.
Cpt 97010 hot cold packs.
The most commonly used cpt codes for physical therapy are listed below.
Suggested secondary diagnosis codes.
E1399 durable medical equipment a9273 ice cap cold wrap or pack.
The doctors and nurses were all very impressed with the results of the cold caps.
They will also want a procedure code cpt code here is a list of cpt codes examples.
Z51 11 antineoplastic chemotherapy l65 9 nonscarring hair loss unspecified currently there is no unique cpt code for scalp cooling.
The cpt code is listed on the left the name of the code is in the middle and the description is in the right column.
Cpt code description 97010 application of a modality to 1 or more areas.
Cold or hot fluid bottle ice cap or collar heat and or cold wrap any type.
Kept in a special freezer before they re worn cold caps thaw out during a chemotherapy infusion session and need to be replaced with a new cap about every 30 minutes.