AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 3 (March)

The CPT Code Process: An Overview (March 2019)

March 2019 pages 3-4 The CPT Code Process: An Overview As a reader of the CPT® Assistant newsletter, you are a first-line stakeholder who helps ensure the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set is properly utilized throughout the healthcare system. However, it may not be easy to understand how a CPT code is created. Over the more than 50 years since the code set's inception, the American Medical Association (AMA) and the CPT Editorial Panel (the Panel) have implemented many improvements and innovations to ensure that the code set remains adaptable to meet the growing demands of an...

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