Cpt Book Vs Icd 10 Research Paper

Unlike the ICD 10 book, which has codes for diagnoses, diseases, and conditions, the CPT book is used to code procedures and diagnostics. The CPT manual is broken into 3 different sections; section 1 contains codes for procedures that are commonly done and have been FDA approved, section 2 are considered tracking codes within clinics and hospitals, and section 3 codes are used as temporary codes for new and developing procedures that aren’t FDA approved yet. When coding with the CPT book, you again start with the alphabetic index, then follow up with the tabular, with all codes being in numerical order, except for the E/M section. Just like with ICD 10, guidelines are found in the beginning of each section, explaining certain rules, exceptions,