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Article: Digital Physicians Network Introduces Clinical Terminology Search Tool for Surgeons; Service Matches Surgical Terms and Billing Codes.
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- March 29, 2006
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PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Physicians Network today introduced a new online search tool for surgical practices. Surgeons enter clinical terms, colloquialisms, or abbreviations such as "lap chole" (laparoscopic cholecystectomy) or "ORIF fx femur" (open reduction internal fixation fractured femur) and instantly find applicable CPT(R) codes needed for billing. The search engine also contains commonly used eponyms; for example, entry of the term Whipple returns appropriate procedure codes.
"Our new clinical search tool helps surgeons bridge the gap between surgical terminology, which they use in their charts, and the numerical CPT(R) codes ...