See: Certified Professional in Health Information Technology (CP Health IT).
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CPCU
A designation – Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter – conferred upon successful completion of a series of eight exams on insurance and related disciplines designed by the American Institute of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters.
CPR
1. See comparative performance report (CPR). 2. See electronic medical record (computer-based patient record). 3. See computer-based patient record (CPR). 4. Clinically this abbreviation may be translated as cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 5. See customary, prevailing, and reasonable (CPR) charge.
CPT code
Description of a procedure with a five-digit code number to identify professional services (see Box C-1 ). The codes are maintained (published annually) and copyrighted by the American Medical Association (AMA).Box C-1CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY CODE DIGIT ANALYSIS
CPT manual: Appendix A
Section of the CPT manual located near the back that is a comprehensive list of all the two-digit CPT modifiers and two-digit Level II HCPCS national modifiers with complete explanations for their use.
CPT manual: Appendix B
Section of the CPT manual near the back that contains a complete list of additions, deletions, and revisions from the previous edition.
CPT modifier
Two-character code that may follow a five-digit CPT code to indicate a service or procedure has been altered in some way from the stated CPT or HCPCS Level II description but not sufficient to change the basic definition of the service.
CPT-4
Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition, code reference book. See Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).