STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #73.2 -- RADIOLOGY CPT BY PROCEDURE TYPE FILE 9/29/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^RA(73.2, (1997 ENTRIES) SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM UCI: VISTA,VISTA (VERSION 5.0)
DATA NAME GLOBAL DATA
ELEMENT TITLE LOCATION TYPE
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WARNING: ENTRIES SHOULD NOT BE ADDED/DELETED/CHANGED FROM THIS FILE.
This file contains only data supplied by the Office of Patient Care Services. The data are sent to the Radiology development and
maintenance teams as an Excel spreadsheet. Updates to the data are sent as a comprehensive spreadsheet, so all entries in this
file must be deleted before loading the new comprehensive spreadsheet into this file.
This file provides data for certain CPT Codes. One of the data items is PROCEDURE TYPE. The PROCEDURE TYPE is similar to the Type
of Imaging in the IMAGING TYPE file (#79.2), and is needed from this file to compare PROCEDURE TYPES nationally for performance
monitors and performance measures, because not all sites are assigning the same Type of Imaging to the same CPT Code via the
RAD/NUC MED PROCEDURES file (#71).
CROSS
REFERENCED BY: WAIT TIMES PROCEDURE TYPE(AC), CODE(B)
LAST MODIFIED: AUG 22,2024@15:16:27
73.2,.01 CODE 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>5!($L(X)<5)!'(X'?1P.E) X
LAST EDITED: OCT 15, 2021
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 5 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION: This is the CPT Code for a procedure that may be used by the Radiology/Nuclear Medicine
application.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 73.2^B
1)= S ^RA(73.2,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^RA(73.2,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
73.2,2 WAIT TIMES PROCEDURE TYPE 0;2 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<3) X
LAST EDITED: OCT 15, 2021
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 3-30 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION: This is the type of imaging that the CPT Code belongs to. This may be different from the type of
imaging in the IMAGING TYPE file (#79.2).
CROSS-REFERENCE: 73.2^AC
1)= S ^RA(73.2,"AC",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^RA(73.2,"AC",$E(X,1,30),DA)
WANT CROSS-REFERENCE TO BE USED FOR LOOKUP AS WELL AS FOR SORTING? NO
73.2,3 PROCEDURE SUBCATEGORY 0;3 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<2) X
LAST EDITED: NOV 13, 2006
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 2-30 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION:
This is the type of operation or film that was used to make the image.
UNEDITABLE
73.2,4 RVU PROCEDURE TYPE 0;4 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<3) X
LAST EDITED: NOV 13, 2006
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 3-30 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION:
This is type of imaging that will be used in RVU reports.
UNEDITABLE
73.2,5 DESCRIPTOR 1;1 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>150!($L(X)<3) X
LAST EDITED: NOV 13, 2006
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 3-150 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION: This is the long description of the CPT Code, which may be slightly different from the description
for the same CPT Code in the CPT file (#81).
UNEDITABLE
73.2,6 CMS WORK RVU 0;6 NUMBER
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:+X'=X!(X>100)!(X<0)!(X?.E1"."3N.N) X
LAST EDITED: NOV 13, 2006
HELP-PROMPT: Type a Number between 0 and 100, 2 Decimal Digits
DESCRIPTION: This is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' published values for Work Relative Value
Unit for the procedure with this CPT Code.
UNEDITABLE
73.2,7 VA GAP WRVU 0;7 NUMBER
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:+X'=X!(X>100)!(X<0)!(X?.E1"."3N.N) X
LAST EDITED: NOV 13, 2006
HELP-PROMPT: Type a Number between 0 and 100, 2 Decimal Digits
DESCRIPTION: RVU value created for VA use for codes that have no RVU value because they are designed as carrier
defined by Medicare.
UNEDITABLE
73.2,8 BI-RADS PROCEDURE 0;8 SET
'Y' FOR Yes;
LAST EDITED: NOV 13, 2006
HELP-PROMPT: Enter a 'Y' for 'Yes' if this CPT is for a BI-RADS code.
DESCRIPTION:
This conttains a "Yes" if this CPT Code is a BI-RADS procedure; otherwise nothing (null).
UNEDITABLE
INPUT TEMPLATE(S):
PRINT TEMPLATE(S):
SORT TEMPLATE(S):
FORM(S)/BLOCK(S):