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These digits are not intended to reflect the placement of the code in the regular (Category I) part of the CPT codebook. Appendix H in CPT section contains information about performance measurement exclusion of modifiers, measures, and the measures' source(s). Currently there are 11 Category II codes. They are: (0001F–0015F) Composite measures
HCPCS includes three levels of codes: Level I consists of the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and is numeric.; Level II codes are alphanumeric and primarily include non-physician services such as ambulance services and prosthetic devices, and represent items and supplies and non-physician services, not covered by CPT-4 codes (Level I).
The original mammogram codes (film based mammograms) are CPT codes (77055, 77056, and 77057), so it would be easy to overlook the increasingly used digital mammogram codes that remain as HCPCS Level 2 codes if one did not know they existed (and possibly under-report mammogram statistics).
Description MS-DRG [1] [2] 0 Pre-MDC 001 - 017 1 Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System 020 - 103 2 Diseases and Disorders of the Eye 113 - 125 3 Diseases and Disorders of the Ear, Nose, Mouth And Throat 129 - 159 4 Diseases and Disorders of the Respiratory System 163 - 208 5 Diseases and Disorders of the Circulatory System 215 - 316 6
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The AMA first published the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding system in 1966. The system was created for uniform reporting of outpatient physician services. The first manual was 163 pages and contained only four-digit codes with descriptions of each. [18] A second edition of the book was published in 1970 with a fifth digit added. [53]
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