When CPT codes are used?

CPT codes are used to report services and procedures performed on patients


 by providers in offices, clinics, and private homes.

 by providers in institutional settings such as hospitals, nursing facilities and hospices.

 when the provider is employed by the health care facility (e.g., many of the physicians associated with Veterans Administration Medical Centers are employees of that organization).

 by a hospital outpatient department (e.g., ambulatory surgery, emergency department, and outpatient laboratory or radiographic procedures).