I can confirm this from doing my own billing in my practice. Only the code numbers are used. The descriptions are not included, neither on the printed CMS 1500 claim forms, nor the electronic ANSI X12 837 format.
Alex Caldwell --- In openhealth@yahoogroups.com, Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Payers will always invent excuses to reject claims. However in my > experience the CPT description is not submitted as part of a claim. > > Rod > www.sunsetsystems.com > > On Saturday 09 December 2006 14:53, Peter Holt Hoffman wrote: > > I have a question about this though: don't at least some payers > > reject claims where the description is not 100% identical to what the > > AMA publishes? > > > > -- Peter. > > > > > > --- In openhealth@yahoogroups.com, Rod Roark <rod@> wrote: > > > > > > I think, then, a good web-based community project would be the > > > creation of a whole new set of codes and descriptions. However the > > > codes would happen to map one-to-one with the CPT codes, and the > > > mapping would be created/shared only among those with CPT licenses. > > > > > > Publications that reference CPT codes could be trivially changed to > > > reference the new codes, and individual practitioners would have no > > > need or use for the mapping table or anything else containing CPT > > > codes. > > > > > > Rod > > > www.sunsetsystems.com >
