Current Procedural Terminology | CPT

CPT stands for Current Procedural Terminology and is a coding system defining radiological procedures, among others, that are used for scheduling and billing. Several payers only accept CPT codes for processing payments. Procedure codes are part of the radiology order, scheduled in an information system, and are typically passed to image acquisition modalities using the DICOM Modality Worklist. An institution typically requires a license to use these procedure codes; alternately, they may use their own codes or a private extension to this licensed list. There are codes identified for diagnosis as well, also known as ICD version 9 or 10 by the World Health Organization. The CPT home page is http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3113.html