TMPPM 2011 > Volume 1, General Information > Section 6: Claims Filing > Coding > Procedure Coding > Level I

6.3.3.1 Level I

CPT® Professional Edition:

•All numeric-consist of five digits

•Represent 80 percent of HCPCS

•Maintenance-responsibility of the AMA, which updates annually

•Updates by the AMA are coordinated with CMS before their distribution of modifications to third party payers

•Anesthesia codes from CPT