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“Many therapeutic exercises may require the unique skills of a therapist to evaluate the patient’s abilities, design the program, and instruct the patient or caregiver in safe completion of the special technique. However, after the teaching has been successfully completed, repetition of the exercise, and monitoring for the completion of the task, in the absence of additional skilled care, is non-covered. For example, as part of the initial therapy program following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), a patient may start a session on the exercise bike to begin gentle range of motion activity. Initially the patient requires skilled progression in the program from pedal-rocks, building to full revolutions, perhaps assessing and varying the
seat height and resistance along the way. Once the patient is able to safely exercise on the bike, no longer requiring frequent assessment and progression, even if set up is required, the bike now becomes an “independent” program and is no longer covered by Medicare.”