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For many of us, medical and health insurance terms are unfamiliar or complex. Our glossaries define some of those terms.


		Current procedural terminology A system of procedure codes, descriptions, rules, and conventions used for medical procedures to classify and report services and procedures. This procedure coding system is accepted by commercial insurance carriers and is mandated by federal law for Medicare, Medicaid and other government health programs.

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