For years, I’ve seen the same assumption repeated across hospitals and insurers in LATAM: “If CPT works in the U.S., we can just use it here.” But reality is more complex. CPT was designed within a very specific ecosystem: • Standardized documentation • Strong regulatory oversight • Defined reimbursement models (RVUs, CMS frameworks) • A mature culture of compliance and auditing None of that translates 1:1 into Latin America. And yet, many organizations tried to implement