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PART Documentation

Medicare’s Guidance for the PART Process of Identifying a Subluxation

Document in a manner that gets you reimbursed by third-party payers who want to see objectively measurable data. That’s where PART comes in:

P= Pain or Tenderness: Pain elicited during the course of the examination, described in terms of location, quality, and intensity

  • Observed facial expressions of pain/discomfort
  • Antalgic postures and movements
  • Grooming deficiencies that could be due to pain limitations
  • Mood
  • Overt pain behaviors
  • Pain scales
  • Pain diagrams and drawings
  • Functional questionnaires (outcomes assessments)
  • Pain resulting from static palpation
  • Pain resulting from motion palpation
  • Pain reported duration regional and/or segmental ROM
  • Pain reported during physical, orthopedic, neurological and/or chiropractic examination procedures

A= Asymmetry or Misalignment: Asymmetry or misalignment may be described at the regional or segmental level

  • Observable regional asymmetry (posture/scoliosis screening)
  • Observed local asymmetry (static palpation)
  • Antalgic posture
  • Gait abnormalities
  • Functional or anatomical leg length discrepancies
  • Muscle atrophy and asymmetry

R= Range of motion abnormality: Abnormal range of motion, either hypermobility or hypomobility, may be described at the segmental or regional level; instruments that quantify range of motion or estimates are allowable

  • Active ROM
  • Passive ROM
  • Resisted ROM
  • Segmental motion palpation
  • Joint fixation (hypomobility)
  • Joint laxity (hypermobility)
  • Joint crepitus
  • ROM measuring devices

T= Tissue tone changes: Describe changes in the tone of the soft tissue such as muscles, tendons, fascia, skin, and ligaments.

  • Observable hypertonicity, spasm, hypotonicity, and atrophy
  • Fasciculations
  • Edema
  • Bruising, discoloration
  • Heat
  • Muscle-tendon crepitus
  • Muscle weakness
  • Heat measuring instruments

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