I knew that the set of medical billing codes—Current Procedural Terminology, or CPT—is critically important for health providers, insurance plans, and everyone else in the medical-industrial complex.
I didn’t know that the set of codes changes. Every year.
The CPT 2026 codes were announced in September 2025 and took effect in January 2026.
“The open and rigorous process maintained by the independent CPT Editorial Panel with broad input from the health care community, government, and industry produced 418 total changes reflected in CPT 2026 code set, including 84 deletions and 46 revisions in addition to the 288 new codes.
“Key updates included in the CPT 2026 code set are new codes for digital health services like remote patient monitoring, medical services involving hearing devices and augmented intelligence (AI), and a comprehensive update of codes for leg revascularization.”
Hope the billing coders are ready…although these days the coders may be AI. Again, hope the billing coders are ready.
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