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CPT HANDBOOK FOR PSYCHIATRISTS edited by Chester W. Schmidt, Jr., MD. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1999. 157 pp., multiple tables.
CPT Handbook for Psychiatrists is a concise manual describing all aspects of the development and utilization of current procedural terminology (CPT) in the clinical practice of psychiatry. The Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology was developed and first published by the American Medical Association in 1966. The purpose of the coding system is to provide a uniform language to describe medical, surgical and diagnostic procedures. It provides a common frame of reference for providers, patients, and thirdparty payers. The CPT Handbook for Psychiatrists provides specific focus on the terminology relevant to psychiatrists and other mental health clinicians and offers guidance tailored to psychiatrists. The Handbook is written and organized in a manner that is user friendly and helpful...