The sections are Evaluation and Management (E&M), Anesthesia, Surgery, Radiology, Pathology and Laboratory, and Medicine.
Most coders spend the majority of their time with Category I, which describes procedures, services, and technologies administered by healthcare professionals.Ĭategory I is divided into six sections, which are grouped, for the most part, in numerical order.
Remember, the CPT code is divided into three categories. Let’s look at how to use CPT as a medical coder.
