This therapeutic procedure is provided to improve balance, coordination,
kinesthetic sense, posture, and proprioception (e.g., proprioceptive
neuromuscular facilitation, Feldenkreis, Bobath, BAP’s boards, and
desensitization techniques).
Neuromuscular re-education may be considered medically necessary if at least one of the following conditions is present and documented:
- the patient has the loss of deep tendon reflexes and vibration sense accompanied by paresthesia, burning, or diffuse pain of the feet, lower legs, and/or fingers;
- the patient has nerve palsy, such as peroneal nerve injury causing foot drop; or
- the patient has muscular weakness or flaccidity as a result of a cerebral dysfunction, a nerve injury or disease, or has had a spinal cord disease or trauma.
Neuromuscular re-education may be considered medically necessary if at least one of the following conditions is present and documented:
- the patient has the loss of deep tendon reflexes and vibration sense accompanied by paresthesia, burning, or diffuse pain of the feet, lower legs, and/or fingers;
- the patient has nerve palsy, such as peroneal nerve injury causing foot drop; or
- the patient has muscular weakness or flaccidity as a result of a cerebral dysfunction, a nerve injury or disease, or has had a spinal cord disease or trauma.
