CPT Procedural Codes

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It is very necessary to understand the interactions of the CPT procedural codes and the ICD diagnostic codes to avoid mistakes and errors. The CPT procedural codes and ICD diagnostic codes go hand in hand to help a coder understand the full cycle of a patient. ICD permits medial billers and claims examiner to convert verbal description of illnesses, injuries, and other conditions into numerical or alphanumeric codes and allows diseases to be classified for statistical purposes. Symptoms, diseases, injuries and procedure services are identified and also assign each an entirely numerical code or combination of letters and numbers. CPT purpose is to provide a uniform method of accurately describing medical, surgical, and diagnostic services,

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