Physical Therapy Appointment

This section pertains to Physical Therapy (Balance Therapy), if this has been scheduled for you. Based on your answers to the questions asked of you when you called for the appointment, you may be scheduled for Physical Therapy as one of your first appointments. This is to enable you to begin receiving treatment as soon as possible. The therapist will perform an evaluation of your specific balance or dizziness problem and determine whether you are likely to benefit from this type of therapy. Further details regarding how the exercises help and how often you will need to return will be established at the evaluation. Usually patients are given a home program and only one or two follow-up visits are required.

Attention HMO/POS Patients: Please be sure your primary physician gives you a separate referral from any needed for Audiology or doctor visits. It should be written to "Physical Therapy - Penn Therapy and Fitness" with our provider number, which differs depending on insurance. The most common are as follows:

The procedure code (CPT code) for an initial evaluation for physical therapy is 97001. If you are asked for a diagnosis (ICD-9) code, use 781.2.

If you have an HMO, your primary physician is contracted (this is called capitation) with a specific facility for Physical Therapy. You must check with your insurance company to determine whether you are capitated at Penn Theray and Fitness. If not, you may be able to request an out-of-network referral from your physician, who must then get pre-authorization from the insurance company. If your primary physician is not a HUP physician, you probably are not capitated here.

If you need clarification of these insurance issues related to physical therapy, or to arrange a discounted self-pay rate please call Robert LaBelle at (215) 614-0679.

	Need an appointment? Request one online 24 hours/day, 7 days/week or call 800-789-PENN (7366) to speak to a referral counselor.