AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2026 Issue 1; In This Issue

2026 Surgery Section CPT Code Update

The American Medical Association (AMA) annually publishes new, revised, and deleted Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, along with associated logic and rationale for these updates. New and revised coding guidelines are incorporated throughout the CPT codebook and within selected parenthetical notes that follow many CPT codes. This article provides an overview of selected 2026 changes to the Surgery Guidelines and to CPT codes within the integumentary system and the musculoskeletal system, which are part of the Surgery section. The intent is to assist outpatient facility coders with the accurate application of updated coding guidelines and rationale. For 2026...

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