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christine5
Fluorite | Level 6

Hello.

I am using Marketscan Commercial Claims data. It contains a SAS format to lookup diagnosis code descriptions. To the best of my knowledge, Marketscan does not have an equivalent format to lookup procedure code descriptions (eg: CPT). Does anyone know of a free or low-cost resource for CPT descriptions?
many thanks for your help.

Christine Peloquin (Boston University)

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ballardw
Super User

If you have a relatively nice document that has a Code and a meaning it is often not hard to create a data set that SAS Proc Format can use to create a format. Or as a look-up using other tools.

 

So the question may become "where to do we find a complete list of these codes and descriptions"?

christine5
Fluorite | Level 6
thank you~
Patrick
Opal | Level 21

To add to what @ballardw wrote: It looks like you need to buy these descriptions from the AMA. Based on this Reddit discussion it appears there are also work-arounds to get to these codes. 
HCPCS Level I \ CPT Codes full list

christine5
Fluorite | Level 6
this is so great!!! thanks so much for this link. I was able to get the most recent HCPCS level 1/CPT codes full list. This is such a big help. Now I just need to find lists for ICD-9-CM procedure codes and ICD-10-PCS. I imagine this will be easier to find.
christine5
Fluorite | Level 6

thank you again. you made my week,

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