AAP News Vol. 1 No. 8 August 1985, p. 9
© 1985 American Academy of Pediatrics
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Imroper CPT coding can lead to underpayment for services

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is widely used to determine how physicians are financially reimbursed for their medical services. The federal government, Medicaid, Medicare and private insurers use the codes, which correspond to different treatments or procedures, as a basis for reimbursing physicians. Health maintenance organizations and other health care programs also are beginning to ask physicians to use the codes.

But the CPT system poses problems for many physicians.