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Copyright and Contributors
CPT® Assistant Editorial Board*
Chair: Barbara Levy, MD
Vice Chair, CPT Editorial Panel
Secretary: Leslie W. Prellwitz, MBA, CCS, CCS-P
Managing Editor, CPT Assistant
American Medical Association
Ann Marie Sun, MD
Contractor Medical Director
Jordan Pritzker, MD
Former CPT Editorial Panel
Tammy Love, RHIA
American Hospital Association
Nicholas Massa, MD
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Henry H. Woo, MD, FAANS
CPT Advisory Committee
Karen Nauman, MD
America's Health Insurance Plans
Harvey Richman, OD
Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee
Thomas Weida, MD, FAAFP
AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee
J. Mark Meredith, MD
CPT...
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