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Medical Coding in 2026 Undergoes Major Shifts in CPT Additions and ICD-10 Structural Rules
In 2026, medical coding saw two defining changes: the addition of 288 CPT/HCPCS codes that formalize billing for emerging AI and digital health services, and an April ICD-10-CM update that overhauled ...
On December 1, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published its annual update to the Designated Health Services (DHS) code list (“DHS List”). A 30-day comment period for the ...
As the medical billing and coding landscape grows increasingly complex, healthcare organizations struggle to keep pace with shifting regulatory guidelines, evolving coding standards, and the ...
As of January 1, 2026, the medical coding landscape has undergone its most significant transformation in years, with the AMA releasing 418 CPT changes and CMS finalizing updated ICD-10-CM guidelines ...
The Stark Law restricts financial relationships between a physician and any entity that furnishes and bills Medicare for DHS (a DHS Entity), and many of the most commonly used Stark Law exceptions ...
The newsletter outlines key differences between off-the-shelf (OTS), custom fitted, and custom fabricated knee orthoses, which dictate HCPCS coding and billing for these items. Physician and ...
Study showed that variations in commercial insurers’ rules for prior authorization contribute to administrative burden.
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