A patient was referred by her primary care physician to a physical therapist due to cervical pain. The PT performs physical therapy evaluation of low complexity and applies heat packs, followed by 15 minutes of manual traction and mobilization. The patient will return 3 times a week for 3 weeks, at which time a re-evaluation will be performed. Select the appropriate CPT and ICD-10-CM codes.

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97161 is for a low complexity physical therapy evaluation, 97010 is for the application of a modality (heat pack), 97140 is for manual therapy techniques (such as mobilization/ manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage, manual traction), and M54.2 is the ICD-10-CM code for cervicalgia, which aligns with the patient's condition of cervical pain.

A Patient Was Referred by Her Primary Care Physician to a Physical