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A must-have data file tool for reimbursement disputes, contract negotiations, and for determining fees. Use this data file to import CPT 2002 code and descriptions and RBUs into your billing and claims reporting software. Provides the user with a tab-delimited and pipe-delimited data files containing the complete CPT descriptor package and all elements necessary to calculate the Medicare payment schedule including the 2002 relative value units (RVUs) and payment policy indicators for each physician service. This data file contains: 5-character CPT code Short, medium and long CPT procedural descriptions RBUs for the three components of each physician's service covered by the Medicare Program: Work RVUs, Practice Expense RVUs, and the Professional Liability Insurance (PLI) RVUs component The global period covered by the payment Total RVUs for facility and non-facility setting