To the Editor.

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel of the American Medical Association recently issued its 1999 revisions. This revised edition included the input of numerous medical specialties. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) agreed previously with the use of the CPT codes and the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) physician fee schedule, but emphasized a need to rectify the inequities of the CPT and RBRVS system.¹ The AAP also filed recently an amicus curiae brief with the US District Court for the northern . . . [Full Text of this Article]