Physical Therapy Billing Codes: CPT Codes, Time Units, and Common Denials
September 25, 2026
Physical therapy billing runs on a system most other specialties don’t deal with at all: timed codes billed in units based on
Code-level analysis, payer policy translations, and practical billing guidance — written by the people who run accounts, not a content agency.
Physical therapy billing runs on a system most other specialties don’t deal with at all: timed codes billed in units based on
A physician can be fully licensed, board-certified, and clinically ready to practice, and still not be able to bill a single insurance
New practice owners and even experienced office managers mix these two up more often than you’d expect, and the confusion isn’t trivial
Dermatology billing runs on three CPT code families — biopsy, destruction, and excision — plus a separate set of codes for Mohs micrographic surgery. Most dermatology.
A medical practice’s SEO checklist starts with the basics most practices skip entirely: a claimed and complete Google Business Profile, consistent name-address-phone information everywhere the practice.
Denial management is the structured process of identifying why a claim was denied, correcting or appealing it, and fixing the upstream cause so the same denial.
UnitedHealthcare’s timely filing limit for participating commercial claims is generally 90 days from the date of service, non-participating providers get up to 180 days, and noncontracted.
An ERA, or Electronic Remittance Advice, is the standardized electronic file a payer sends after adjudicating a claim, showing what it billed, allowed, paid, and denied,.
Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) in medical billing measures the average number of days it takes a practice to collect payment after a claim is billed. AR.
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