This is the maximum value allowed by Medicarei for each specific CPTi described service.
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American National Standards Institute. Not a government agency. Private institute contracted by the Fed. Government to develop a unification of standards governing the accuracy and privacy of medical transactions.
Anterior Posterior Beami coming in from the front & exiting the back.
Ambulatory patient costs. Same as APGi.
APGi's are a patient classification system designed to explain the amount and type of resources used in a visit Patients in each APG have similar clinical characteristic and similar resource use and cost.
A device of varying shape and size that is used to hold a radioactive source generally for brachytherapy.
A thermo setting plastic that softens in hot water & solidifies on cooling. It is a device used to immobilize portions of the body during treatment such as the head, breast & abdomen.
Adaptive radiation therapy adapted to the tumor volume per treatment. Methods such as dosimetry and 3D are used in identifying the tumor volume to adapt to radiation therapy.