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CPT codes is the procedures codes done for the diagnosis. Here the diagnosis is cervical dystonia, so in order to find out diagnosis code you would have to look in the ICD9 codes book because it is diagnosis codes. Look up specific treatment for the cervical dystonia and then you can find the procedure in the CPT book.
There is no "chickenpox procedure." There is a diagnosis code for chickenpox, but no CPT code. There are CPT codes for chickenpox titer, culture, and immunization.
CPT codes are used for outpatient procedures, not diagnosis coding. Hyptertension, unspecified 401.9 (ICD-9 dx code)
CPT codes are used for outpatient procedures 212.6 - benign neoplasm of thymus (thymoma) - ICD-9 diagnosis code
ICD-9 codes are diagnosis codes not codes for the actual test being performed. CPT Codes are the codes for the actual tests. The CPT code for an automated CBC without a differential WBC count would be 85027.
Icd 9 is the list of codes that doctors use to diagnois pt. just like the CPT codes are used for the procedures that docs do
2008 CPT code: 11730: Avulsion of nail plate, partial or complete; simple; single 11732: Each addistional nail plate Example: need to remove nails from 3 fingers you would use 11730, 11732, 11732 Do not need to use the -50 modifier because 11732 is already designated as an add-on code.
CPT provides a list of identifying and descriptive codes for procedures and service. CPT coding is the uniform language that describes surgical procedures and services. CPT codes are used to report services and procedures. CPT codes are linked with ICD-9 codes. CPT codes are used to justify need for service or procedure.
You need the Codapedia to decipher chemistry CPT codes.
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CPT codes are only for procedures.