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It is necessary for most users of the CPT code (principally providers of services) to pay license fees for access to the code. [19] In the past, AMA offered a limited search of the CPT manual for personal, non-commercial use on its web site. [20] CPT codes can be looked up on the AAPC (American Academy of Professional Coders) website. [21]
Extended area service (EAS) is a telecommunication service by which telephone calls to certain points beyond the local calling area are not charged or not detail-billed. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] If the service is subscribed by a customer, other customers have no access to the benefit and are billed standard long-distance charges.
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).
This allows medical service providers to document and bill for reimbursement for services provided. E/M codes are based on the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes established by the American Medical Association (AMA). In 2010, new codes were added to the E/M Coding set, for prolonged services without direct face-to-face contact. [4]
Canadian Classification of Health Interventions (CCI) (used in Canada. Replaced CCP.) [2] Current Dental Terminology (CDT); Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (including Current Procedural Terminology) (for outpatient use; used in United States)
The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.
(a) For the purpose of this title, the excepted service consists of those civil service positions which are not in the competitive service or the Senior Executive Service. (b) As used in other Acts of the United States Congress , “unclassified civil service” or “unclassified service” means the “excepted service”.
Extended Data Services (now XDS, previously EDS), is an American standard classified under Electronic Industries Alliance standard EIA-608 for the delivery of any ancillary data to be sent with an analog television program, or any other NTSC video signal.