Benefits of CPT medical coding

Published by the American Medical Association (AMA), CPT is an acronym for Current Procedural Terminology. CPT medical coding is the explanation of a procedure identified with a five-digit code and descriptor nomenclature.

As the practice of health care changes, new codes find its way, existing codes get modified and unused codes get the axe. Thousands of codes are in use and they are updated every year. Basically there are three types of CPT codes - Category I CPT Code, Category II CPT Code for performance measurement and Category III CPT Code for emerging technology.