Physiotherapy: written report
The written report concerns the implementation of the treatment and the results achieved.
The application rules of the written report are in art. 7, §3 bis, 1° and §5 of the nomenclature.
Contents
The report contains:
- the condition treated with reference to the prescription;
- a synthesis of the physiotherapy research, drawn up at the start of the treatment;
- a summary of the treatment performed and the patient's evolution;
- if applicable: the advice for secondary prevention and the recommended home program that you gave to the patient.
Always keep a copy of the report in your file .
Time of day
Provide the written report to the prescribing physician :
- at the end of a treatment F-acute;
- at least once per calendar year for treatment of a F-chronic or serious condition;
- if this doctor requests it via a medical prescription.
Refund Conditions
No prescription is required for a written report. You can certify it together with a hearing, both at the first hearing and at another hearing.
A written report can be charged and reimbursed :
- once per treatment F-acute;
- once per calendar year for a treatment F-chronic or serious condition.
In certain cases, the written report is non-refundable and you may not charge the patient for it.
This is the case, for example, in the following situation: there is no service code for billing a written report for a palliative patient. Compiling a written report is part of the services provided under the nomenclature. When palliative session 564211 was introduced, the rules from other sections were no longer applied to these patients. Billing for a written report in this context was not provided for. Therefore, no written report can be billed for these patients, even if such a written report were prescribed. This applies to both contracted and non-contracted physiotherapists.
Personal share
There is a fixed personal share for physiotherapy services. More information can be found on the RIZIV website .