HTA License Conformance Analysis for CARIN Consumer Directed Payer Data Exchange (CARIN IG for Blue Button®)

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is copyright 2020 American Medical Association. All rights reserved

CPT is copyrighted by the AMA and as such must be licensed to be used in electronic products or other forms.

Any individual or entity using CPT content needs permission or a license (i.e., a written agreement authorizing use of CPT codes) from the AMA or an authorized distributor.

Examples where a license and royalty payment are required (not an exhaustive list):

• Use of CPT content to develop, test, maintain, and service products that use or rely on CPT
• Use of CPT content in products that are licensed or distributed by a vendor, company or other third party
• Distribution of products that require use of CPT content
• Any proposed use of CPT content including the creation of derivative works of CPT content, translations or localized versions of CPT content

For more information see here

If you have a question or would like to license CPT content, please see here.

Any HL7 product referencing CPT must include the following verbiage:

CPT © Copyright 2019 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. AMA and CPT are registered trademarks of the American Medical Association.

Note: the year is always based on the publication year of the code set. CPT releases the August prior to the effective year (e.g., CPT 2020 code set = copyright 2019 or CPT 2021 code set = copyright 2020).

See information on the use of HCPCS Level I (proprietary and owned by American Medical Association) and Level II codes here

CPT is copyrighted by the AMA and as such must be licensed to be used in electronic products or other forms.

Any individual or entity using CPT content needs permission or a license (i.e., a written agreement authorizing use of CPT codes) from the AMA or an authorized distributor.

Examples where a license and royalty payment are required (not an exhaustive list):

• Use of CPT content to develop, test, maintain, and service products that use or rely on CPT
• Use of CPT content in products that are licensed or distributed by a vendor, company or other third party
• Distribution of products that require use of CPT content
• Any proposed use of CPT content including the creation of derivative works of CPT content, translations or localized versions of CPT content

For more information see here

If you have a question or would like to license CPT content, please see here.

Any HL7 product referencing CPT must include the following verbiage:

CPT © Copyright 2019 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. AMA and CPT are registered trademarks of the American Medical Association.

Note: the year is always based on the publication year of the code set. CPT releases the August prior to the effective year (e.g., CPT 2020 code set = copyright 2019 or CPT 2021 code set = copyright 2020).

See information on the use of HCPCS Level I (proprietary and owned by American Medical Association) and Level II codes here

ICD-9 copyright:

The following requirements must be followed to utilize CDC’s public domain content:

1. Attribution to the agency that developed the material must be provided in your use of the materials. Such attribution should clearly state the materials were developed by CDC ATSDR and/or HHS (e.g., Source: CDC; Materials developed by CDC);

2. You must utilize a disclaimer which clearly indicates that your use of the material, including any links to the materials on the CDC, ATSDR or HHS websites, does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government of you, your company, product, facility, service or enterprise. All such disclaimers must be prominently and unambiguously displayed (e.g., Reference to specific commercial products, manufacturers, companies, or trademarks does not constitute its endorsement or recommendation by the U.S. Government, Department of Health and Human Services, or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;

3. You may not change the substantive content of the materials; and

4. You must state that the material is otherwise available on the agency website for no charge.

For information on NCHS agency level use of materials see here.

ICD-10-PCS copyright:

The CMS licenses its published material in order to encourage maximum use and dissemination. See
the CMS (https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10) web site for more information.

ICD-9 copyright:

The following requirements must be followed to utilize CDC’s public domain content:

1. Attribution to the agency that developed the material must be provided in your use of the materials. Such attribution should clearly state the materials were developed by CDC ATSDR and/or HHS (e.g., Source: CDC; Materials developed by CDC);

2. You must utilize a disclaimer which clearly indicates that your use of the material, including any links to the materials on the CDC, ATSDR or HHS websites, does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government of you, your company, product, facility, service or enterprise. All such disclaimers must be prominently and unambiguously displayed (e.g., Reference to specific commercial products, manufacturers, companies, or trademarks does not constitute its endorsement or recommendation by the U.S. Government, Department of Health and Human Services, or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;

3. You may not change the substantive content of the materials; and

4. You must state that the material is otherwise available on the agency website for no charge.

For information on NCHS agency level use of materials see here.

ICD-10-PCS copyright:

The CMS licenses its published material in order to encourage maximum use and dissemination. See
the CMS (https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10) web site for more information.