CPT® Code Details

CPT - Current Procedural Terminology

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Code Descriptor

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Lay Term

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CPT® Guidelines

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Symbols:

= Revised Code

= Modifiter 51 exempt

= New code

= Add on code

= FDA Approval Pending

= Conscious Sedation # = Resequenced Code

* = Related articles are not official codeset documents | Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2012