In Ancient Rome, the vicus (plural vici) was a neighborhood (US) or settlement (European). During the Republican era, the four regiones of the city of Rome were subdivided into vici. In the 1st century BC, Augustus reorganized the city for administrative purposes into 14 regions, comprising 265 vici. Each vicus had its own board of officials who oversaw local matters.
A CPT code is a five digit numeric code that is used to describe medical, surgical, radiology, laboratory, anesthesiology, and evaluation/management services of physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers. There are approximately 7,800 CPT codes ranging from 00100 through 99499.
The CPT refers to a medical procedure code book that contains codes and descriptions of procedures, organized by body system. The first section of the CPT manual contains evaluation and management (E/M) codes used for billing physician encounters, whether in an office, hospital or outpatient setting.odifier -54 refers to surgical care only, a -55 to postoperative care only, and a -56 for preoperative care only. A -58 modifier is attached to a staged or related procedure by the same physician during the postop period.