CPT codes
CPT codes or “the current procedural terminology” codes are set of codes which are “American Medical Association”. This set of code is maintained by CPT Editorial Panel. This has been introduced by “American Medical Association” so that uniform terms reacted to medical, surgical and diagnostics service can be used by the medical practitioner all over the world. The current version of CPT codes is CPT 2011. It is available in the standard and professional edition. These codes help the doctors for proper diagnosis. Many a times it happens that a patients move from one to doctor due for treatment, the codes used by doctor, help the new doctor to know the prior diagnosis. It also helps the patient while insurance of medical bills. These codes help the patient to claim the medical from the offices. So, CPT codes are becoming important tool for doctors. How CPT codes look like? CPT codes are five digit alphanumeric codes and there is no decimal mark in between the codes. Most of the codes are just consists of five number a few of the codes are end with alphabet and hence in these codes only four numbers are used. These codes are used by the doctor in the prescriptions of patients. The service which is provided by the doctor has some CPT codes and these [...]
