Claims Terminology

5. this follows the subcategory in ICD codes
9. this category of CPT codes is used for performance management and additional data
11. this category of CPT codes houses emerging and experimental medical procedures and services
12. the amount of categories CPT code sets are dividing into
14. acronym for Current Procedural Terminology

1. codes can be numeric or ________
2. acronym for the International Classification of Diseases
3. in ICD, this is the first three characters of the codes, which describes the illness or injury
4. this category of CPT codes is the largest and most commonly used, describing medical procedures, technologies
6. in ICD, this describes the digit that comes after the decimal point
7. medical ______ is the justification of medical services as reasonable, necessary, or appropriate
8. a two-character code that is added to a procedure code to demonstrate an important variation that does not, by itself, change the definition of the procedure
10. currently, we are on the ____ version of the ICD codes
11. acronym for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
13. acronym for Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System