MEDICAL CODING TRAINING CENTRE IN CALICUT

CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY (CPT)                      Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is a medical code set that is used to report medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures and services to entities such as physicians, health insurance companies and accreditation organizations.  The most common CPT codes used by family physicians for medical billing are 99213 and 99214. MAIN SECTION OF CPT Evaluation & Management Services (99202 – 99499) Anesthesia Services (01000 – 01999) Surgery (10021 – 69990) – further broken into body area or system within this code range Radiology Services (70010 – 79999) Pathology and Laboratory Services (80047 – 89398) Medical Services and Procedures (90281 – 99607) TYPES CPT CODES Category 1: Procedures and contemporary medical practices Category 1 covers procedures and contemporary medical practices that are widely performed. Category 1 is the section coders usually identify with when t...