AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 3 (March)

CPT Surgical Package Definition (March 2015)

March 2015 pages 3-4 CPT Surgical Package Definition The concept of a global payment for surgeries and procedures represented by a Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code was introduced with the implementation of the Resource Based Relative Value System (RBRVS) in 1992. This concept describes the components of the global surgical package. The global surgical package concept in CPT includes the pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative surgical services. Certain pre-operative services, performance of the surgical procedure (including procedures that are an integral component of a procedure), and all uncomplicated follow-up care are included in the CPT surgical package. This article...

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