PEDIATRICS Vol. 104 No. 3 September 1999, pp. 577
It's Important
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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