Question

What is CPT? What are its purpose and use? Who owns CPT? What are the categories? Define one category with an example.

Answer 1

Ans-

CPT where cpt is stand for current procedure terminology which contains medical code which are use to report medical surgical and Diagnostic procedure and services to entities physician health insurance companies and accrediting organisation they are similar to ICD9 and ICD10 there also have new implimeimpleme every year on October.

The purpose of CPT are to provide information about the medical service and procedures among physician,coader, patients and organisations

The uses of CPT are to correlate the information between all the policymakers and the patient and organisations

Also provide the information about the medicare service and

Every person who is engaged with the codein can own the codes like physician organisation and pharmacist and all others person who engage with public health can own the CPT.

Catagory- CPT is categories in 3 parts ..

Catagory 1-which contain procedure and contemporary medical practice

Eg- category 1 is engaged with radiology,surgery ,pathology, and laboratory like they codes for different diffrent thing for better understanding which codes can only understand by working person on that environment.

Eg-

• (01710–01782) upper arm and elbow
• (01810–01860) forearm, wrist and hand
• (01916–01936) radiological procedures
• (01951–01953) burn excisions or debridement

Catagory 2- catagory 2 engaged with clinical laboratory services Which involves with performance and advisory body patients care and factor related to patients.

Eg-

• (0001F-0015F) Composite measures
• (0500F-0575F) Patient management
• (1000F-1220F) Patient history
• (2000F-2050F) Physical examination
• (3006F-3573F) Diagnostic/screening processes or results
• (4000F-4306F) Therapeutic, preventive or other interventions

Catagory 3-catagory 3 is associated with emerging technology and codes for the emerging aspects..

Eg-(Category III codes: 0016T-0207T)

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