Until recently, there were literally no words to describe health care services or procedures delivered via augmented intelligence (AI)—often called “artificial intelligence”—in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, known the “language of medicine.”   Appendix S to the CPT code set provides uniform terminology and a taxonomy that creates a path to payment for AI-related medical services and procedures.

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