A nonprofit patient advocacy group has filed a lawsuit seeking to open the American Medical Association’s copyrighted Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) up for free use. The complaint, shared ...
The American Medical Association has released a significant restructuring of maternity care CPT coding that will replace the traditional ...
Current Procedural Terminology, perhaps better known by its abbreviation “CPT,” is the coding system the medical field uses to document healthcare services during a procedure. This system is extensive ...
PatientRightsAdvocate.org sued the American Medical Association this week, arguing the trade group has no valid copyright ...
Modifiers (usually 2-digits) are added to the main procedure code to signify that the procedure has been altered by a distinct factor. Modifiers are accepted by most payors. Modifiers can increase or ...
PatientRightsAdvocate.org sued the American Medical Association on Aug. 13, seeking to void the AMA’s copyright over the CPT code set so the patient advocacy group can republish the codes online for ...
CPT codes for spine surgery may not always fit circumstances, and in some cases this prompts calls for reforms. One of those codes, CPT 62380 has the attention of some spine surgeons. The code, for ...