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Article: Guide to Physical Therapist Practice: Revisions.
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- November 1, 1999
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 American Physical Therapy Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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In July 1999, APTA revised the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice (Guide) to reflect actions taken by APTA's House of Delegates in June at Physical Therapy '99 in Washington, DC. The actions primarily involved policy regarding the physical therapist assistant and the physical therapy aide.
The July 1999 revisions, including the addition of two ICD-9-CM codes, are listed on pages 1079 through 1081. (These revisions also were listed in the September issue of PT--Magazine of Physical Therapy.) This is the final set of revisions to the first edition of the Guide. The second edition of the Guide is scheduled for release at the end of the year 2000 and will contain ...