Current Procedural Terminology

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healthcare billing code set medical coding system

Current Procedural Terminology is a standardized medical code set used in the United States to document and bill for medical, surgical, and diagnostic services.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Current Procedural Terminology code set	1
HCPCS Level I codes	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	healthcare billing code set ⓘ medical coding system ⓘ
abbreviation	CPT ⓘ
access	licensed proprietary code set ⓘ
codeFormat	alphanumeric codes for Category II ⓘ alphanumeric codes for Category III ⓘ five-digit numeric codes for Category I ⓘ
countryOfUse	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developer	American Medical Association ⓘ
field	healthcare administration ⓘ medical billing ⓘ medical coding ⓘ medicine ⓘ
governingBody	American Medical Association House of Delegates ⓘ
hasPart	CPT ⓘ surface form: CPT Category I codes CPT ⓘ surface form: CPT Category II codes CPT code set ⓘ surface form: CPT Category III codes CPT ⓘ surface form: CPT modifiers
language	English ⓘ
maintainedBy	American Medical Association CPT Editorial Panel ⓘ
primaryPurpose	standardized reporting of physician and other professional services ⓘ
publisher	American Medical Association ⓘ
regulatoryReference	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ
relatedTo	HCPCS Level II ⓘ International Classification of Diseases ⓘ surface form: ICD-10-CM
scope	Category II performance measurement codes ⓘ Category III emerging technology codes ⓘ diagnostic services ⓘ evaluation and management services ⓘ laboratory procedures ⓘ medical procedures ⓘ medicine services and procedures ⓘ radiology procedures ⓘ surgical procedures ⓘ
standardized	true ⓘ
startYear	1966 ⓘ
updateFrequency	annually ⓘ
use	billing for medical services ⓘ claims processing ⓘ documentation of medical services ⓘ healthcare data analysis ⓘ reimbursement determination ⓘ reporting medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures ⓘ
usedBy	Medicaid ⓘ Medicare ⓘ health insurance companies ⓘ hospitals ⓘ outpatient facilities ⓘ physicians ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CPT → abbreviationFor → Current Procedural Terminology ⓘ

American Medical Association → develops → Current Procedural Terminology ⓘ

CPT → fullName → Current Procedural Terminology ⓘ

CPT code set → fullName → Current Procedural Terminology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Current Procedural Terminology code set

CPT → linkedTo → Current Procedural Terminology ⓘ

this entity surface form: HCPCS Level I codes

AMA → publisherOf → Current Procedural Terminology ⓘ

subject surface form: American Medical Association