CPT 2001 ASCII TEXT FILES (TXT OR RTF EXTENTION)

File layouts for all CPT electronic media types are
listed below.  Please refer to the file layout specific
for the CPT product.  The AMA copyright
notice starts immediately on the line/record 1, position 1.
Please carefully review the copyright notice.  Actual CPT codes
begin immediately thereafter.  The attached files contain text (TXT)
and rich text files (RTF), we have not included software with these
files.  If you experience difficulty uploading/importing the
text files into a customized billing or practice management
software product, we recommend that you contact the software
manufacturer or vendor for assistance.

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CPT LONG DESCRIPTION

All records are 80 characters in length, fixed-field
format.  When long CPT code descriptions exceed
72 characters, the CPT code is repeated and the
sequence number (2-digit counter) is increased
by one (eg, 01, 02, 03, etc). Blank space will
fill records through position 80 if record
descriptions are less than 72 characters in
length. Record content includes:

CPT Code - position 1 through 5 (numeric)
Sequence Number - position 6 though 7 (numeric)
Blank space - position 8
CPT Long Description - position 9 through 80 (alpha/numeric)

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CPT SHORT DESCRIPTION

All records are 80 characters in length, fixed-field
format. Short CPT code descriptions do not exceed
28 characters in length. Blank space will
fill records through position 80. Record content includes:

CPT Code - position 1 through 5 (numeric)
Blank space - position 6
CPT Short Description - position 7 up to 34 (alpha/numeric)
Blank space through position 80

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CPT MEDIUM DESCRIPTION

All records are 106 characters in length. Medium CPT
code descriptions do not exceed 100 characters in length.
Blank space will fill records through position 106 if record
descriptions are less than 100 characters in length. The 
truncation convention list developed for the medium descriptions
is provided for your information. Record content includes:

CPT Code - position 1 through 5 (numeric)
Blank space - position 6
CPT Medium Description - position 7 through 106 (alpha/numeric)

Truncation Conventions Used in the Medium Descriptions

* The substitution of "with" with "W/";
* The substitution of "without" with "W/O";
* The substitution of "including" with "W/";
* The substitution of "biopsy" with "BX";
* The substitution of "procedure" with "PROC";
* The substitution of "Magnetic resonance imaging" with "MRI";
* The substitution of "Magnetic resonance angiography" with "MRA";
* The substitution of "or" with a slash (/) (eg, foot or leg - 
foot/leg);
* The substitution of "and" with "&";
* The substitution of "and/or" with "&/OR"
* The substitution of the words "or more" with a "+" 
(eg, two or more - 2+)
* The substitution of "Supervision and Interpretation" with "S & I";
* The substitution of the word "examination" with "EXAM";
* The substitution of "greater than" or "more than" with ">";
* The substitution of "less than" with "<";
* The substitution of "with and without" with "W/WO"
* The substitution of "additional" with "ADD'L";
* The substitution of "computerized axial tomography" and "computerized 
  tomography" with "CT";
* The substitution of "history" with "HX";
* The substitution of "intramuscular" with "IM";
* The substitution of "intravenous" with "IV";
* The substitution of "subcutaneous" with "SUBQ";
* The substitution of the prepositions "of, by, from, for" with 
a comma (,);
* The substitution of "(separate procedure)" with "(SEP PROC)";
* The substitution of "diagnostic" with "DX";
* The substitution of "gastrointestinal" with "GI";
* The substitution of "fracture" with "FX";
* The substitution of "internal" or "external" with "INT" or "EXT";
* The substitution of "interphalangeal" with "IP";
* The substitution of "metacarpalphalangeal" with "MCP";
* The substitution of "foreign body" with "FB";
* The substitution of "minutes" with "MIN";
* The substitution of "weight" with "WT";
* The substitution of "identification" with "ID";
* The substitution of "material" with "MATL";
* The substitution of "unilateral/bilateral" with "UNILAT/BILAT";
* The deletion of "(eg)" and "(ie)";
* The deletion of all eponyms;
* Fractions to be spelled out (eg, 2/3 - TWO THIRDS);
* Delete years and if necessary replace with age (ie, AGE 2);

General Rules
* Consistency of parent code language in all indented codes where the 
parent and child code descriptions are under 100 characters;
* Attempt to replicate as closely as possible (ie, with 100 characters) 
the original language of the CPT long description.

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ICD-9-CM 2001 ASCII TEXT FILES

There are two fields per record, comma delimited. The first field
is the ICD-9-CM code, the second field is the code description.
Most code descriptions are less than 70 characters long. However,
since the descriptions fully define each code, some description
fields can reach 250 characters.  File contents are as follows:

ICD9A01.TXT			codes 001-389.9
ICD9B01.TXT			codes 390-799.9
ICD9C01.TXT			codes 800-999.9
ICD9D01.TXT			codes E800-E999 and V01-V82.9


