cpt_concept_description

CPT concept descriptions. A CPT concept is the term used by the American Medical Association (AMA) to describe all the concepts surrounding CPT codes (e.g. documentation, hierarchy, codes, etc.). In our case, we're interested in the Descriptor or text definition of each CPT concept.

Primary Key:

• concept_id
• release_date

Column	Data Type	Nullable	Indexed	Description
concept_id	integer	No	Yes	The AMA identifier for a particular CPT concept.
descriptor	text	No	No	Description for CPT Concept. We use this information to build the CPT hierarchy.
release_date	date	No	Yes	Release date of CPT concept file.
cpt_code	text	No	No	The AMA CPT code (e.g. 20610).