AMA CPT® Assistant - 2010 Issue 7 (July)

Category II CPT Codes and Physician Performance Measures* (July 2010)

July 2010 pages 3-5 Category II CPT Codes and Physician Performance Measures* This article provides background on Category II CPT codes and on the performance measures, the codes are used to report. Included is information on the organizations that develop performance measures and on the group that develops Category II CPT codes. Performance Measures Functionally, performance measures provide a method for health care providers to report the quality of care they provide. Structurally, performance measures are complex statements, that rigorously specify data elements that can be analyzed to provide an assessment of quality of patient care. Data elements for...

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