Major updates to CPT, ICD-10, and HCPCS code sets for 2026 introduce hundreds of new codes, revised guidelines, and procedural restructuring that will alter medical documentation, billing, and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Physicians may bill and receive payment for HCPCS A4648 (tissue marker, implantable, any type, each) and HCPCS A4650 (implantable radiation dosimeter each) when used with CPT codes 19499, 32553, 49411 ...
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 ...