The 25 Most Common CPT Codes in Physical Therapy

Current Procedural Codes (or, CPT codes for short), communicate information about the medical services provided by clinicians to healthcare payers so that clinicians can get paid. Different from ICD-10 codes, CPT codes identify procedural services rendered (e.g., therapeutic exercise and manual therapy) rather than patient diagnoses.

Though the majority of PT-applicable CPT codes can be found in the 9700 section of the American Medical Association’s (AMA) CPT code book, it’s still a lot to sift through. So, we reviewed more than five million physical therapy visits in 2021 to determine the most-used CPT codes for PTs—and compiled them here in this quick and easy reference guide.

Download this guide to learn the top CPT codes, their descriptions, and any applicable modifiers for PT treatments.