What is the difference between ICD-9-CM Vol.3 and CPT
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CPT is very
detailed and is specifically geared to physician services and procedures (has
many specific codes)
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ICD-9-CM Vol.3
was designed for hospital reporting (has
much fewer codes for describing specific procedures than CPT has)
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Thus a crosswalk
between these two code sets is rarely one-to-one, but frequently one to
many (meaning one ICD-9 code to several
CPTs)
ICD-9 is the procedure to code the various diseases for easier identification. Whereas CPT is the coding procedure that explains about medical, diagnostic and surgical services. These coding procedures are easy for analytical coding services.
ReplyDeleteits one CPT to many Vol 3 codes
ReplyDeleteand ICD-9 volume 3 codes are not diagnosis codes but they are procedure codes used for hospital setting
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