Question

what provides a listing of descriptive terms and identifies codes for reporting medical services and procedures?
current procedural terminology (cpt)
american medical association (ama)
healthcare common procedure coding system (hcpcs)
omnibus budget reconciliation act (obra)

Explanation:

• Current Procedural Terminology (CPT): It is a set of codes maintained by the American Medical Association (AMA) that describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services. It provides a uniform language for coding medical services and procedures to communicate accurately about medical, surgical, and diagnostic services among physicians, coders, patients, accreditation organizations, and payers for administrative, financial, and analytical purposes.
• American Medical Association (AMA): It is a professional association of physicians in the United States. While it is involved in maintaining CPT (as it owns the copyright for CPT codes), it is not a listing of descriptive terms and codes for reporting medical services and procedures itself.
• Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS): It has two principal subsystems: Level I (CPT codes) and Level II (alphanumeric codes for items and services not included in CPT). But the question is more specifically about the listing of descriptive terms and codes for reporting medical services and procedures which is more directly CPT.
• Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA): It is a U.S. federal law related to budgetary matters and has no direct relation to coding medical services and procedures.

Answer:

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)