HCPCS & CPT coding

HCPCS Level I

Definition

The CPT code set, maintained by the American Medical Association, covering physician and facility procedures.

Five numeric digits. Everything a clinician does to or for a patient — an infusion, an injection, an office visit, a surgery — is a Level I code.

CPT codeA five-digit Current Procedural Terminology code identifying a procedure or service performed by a clinician.Definition HCPCSThe Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System: the CMS code set used to bill procedures, drugs, supplies and equipment under Medicare and most other payers.Definition HCPCS Level IIThe CMS-maintained alphanumeric code set for drugs, supplies, equipment and services that CPT does not describe.Definition

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