My physical therapist gave me a 836.1 diagnosis code, and he is talking about a possible FCE ?

Question

He says I need? a FCE to know if my pain reports are reliable and valid. Does anyone know what a FCE and 836.1 code is?? I am in Illinois, workers comp

Answer 1

It's a knee mensical injury.  The FCE is a functional capacity exam. It's really just a way of collecting functional data such as lift capacity, etc.  It will be compared with other similar injuries to help determine if you fall within the expected range of that injury.  It's common with work comp injuries.  Just do what you can honestly do, don't try to over exaggerated or underexaggerate your symptoms.