Am I the only one who is bothered by the AMA's copyright of CPT? It is one thing to copyright their books. But they seem to claim copyright any document which contains CPT codes. For example, often at insurance company Web sites you have to click on an AMA copyright agreement to get to their medical policies. This includes getting to the CCI edit lists at CMS.
In a related question, does anyone know of any movement to stop using CPT in favor of public domain procedure codes, such as ICD?
In a related question, does anyone know of any movement to stop using CPT in favor of public domain procedure codes, such as ICD?