Until recently, medical decisions were highly subjective, being called “clinical judgment”, “the art of medicine” or “in my experience”. To gain knowledge, practitioners got their information from reading textbooks whose information is over 3 years old and a few journal articles. To keep up to date, reading the vast amount of journal articles published in
CPT Codes Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes are a proprietary 5-digit numeric coding system that is owned, managed, and maintained by the American Medical Association (AMA). They are used to describe office visits and medical and surgical procedures performed by physicians and other health care professionals. Decisions regarding the application for a new CPT code
HCPCS Codes Rather than writing out the name of the diagnosis, medical device or surgical procedure on a claim form for payment by insurers, standardized code sets have been established so that providers, suppliers, Medicare and private insurers can convey information in a simple and consistent manner, especially placed on a claim form for billing
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