<P> The Current Procedural Terminology (' CPT) code set is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association through the CPT Editorial Panel . The CPT code set (copyright protected by the AMA) describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services and procedures among physicians, coders, patients, accreditation organizations, and payers for administrative, financial, and analytical purposes . </P> <P> New editions are released each October . The current version is the CPT 2018 . It is available in both a standard edition and a professional edition . </P>

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