| DESCRIPTION |
WARNING: ENTRIES SHOULD NOT BE ADDED/DELETED/CHANGED FROM THIS FILE.
PROCEDURE TYPE. The PROCEDURE TYPE is similar to the Type of Imaging in
the IMAGING TYPE file (#79.2), and is needed from this file to compare
PROCEDURE TYPES nationally for performance monitors and performance
measures, because not all sites are assigning the same Type of Imaging to
the same CPT Code via the RAD/NUC MED PROCEDURES file (#71).
This file contains only data supplied by the Office of Patient Care
Services. The data are sent to the Radiology development and maintenance
teams as an Excel spreadsheet. Updates to the data are sent as a
comprehensive spreadsheet, so all entries in this file must be deleted
before loading the new comprehensive spreadsheet into this file.
This file provides data for certain CPT Codes. One of the data items is
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