| Maintained by American Medical Association (AMA), | | | | these codes will bring to minimum the need for record |
| Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes can be | | | | abstraction and chart review, and thereby reduce |
| found in various paperwork and documentation as we | | | | administrative burdens on healthcare professionals. |
| make the transition through any healthcare experience. | | | | These codes are designed to facilitate data collection |
| When you do a CPT code search, you’ll find that | | | | about the quality of care provided by certain services |
| there are three types of CPT codes: | | | | and test results that aid nationally-established |
| Category I CPT Code | | | | performance measure. |
| Category II CPT Code - Performance Measurement | | | | Category III CPT Code – Emerging Technology |
| Category III CPT Code – Emerging Technology | | | | These codes are for emerging technology, services |
| Category I CPT codes | | | | and procedures. They are temporary 5-year codes |
| These types of codes describe a procedure or | | | | and it is expected that five years down the line, these |
| service identifiable with a five-digit CPT code and | | | | codes will be converted to Category I codes. Since its |
| descriptor nomenclature. Category I CPT codes are | | | | inception in 2001, the category III CPT Code system |
| restricted to clinically-recognized and generally | | | | has slowly been accepted by the various stakeholders |
| accepted services. These codes are the permanent | | | | that use CPT codes (physicians, payors, and the like). |
| CPT codes listed in the CPT book. | | | | This code process was developed to provide a |
| Category II CPT Code - Performance Measurement | | | | means for establishing specific codes for new |
| These are supplemental tracking codes that can be | | | | procedures that do not meet the criteria for Category I |
| utilized for performance measurement. The use of | | | | CPT codes. |