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The 2026 coding updates are here—and they’re not small. Between HCPCS changes, ICD-10-CM revisions, and CPT^® additions and deletions, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed trying to sort through what matters most.

Each year, HCPCS Level II codes are updated to reflect changes in clinical practice, technology, and reimbursement policy, and 2026 is no exception. New, revised, and deleted codes can directly impact how services are reported, reimbursed, and audited.

Each year, CPT^® updates bring shifts that ripple across coding, auditing, and revenue integrity teams—and 2026 is no exception. This year’s changes highlight ongoing expansion in virtual care, refinements in surgical reporting, and the continued evolution of immunization coding.

New HCPCS codes in 2025 for caregiver training (HCPCS codes G0541–G0543). 

Our recent webinar on HCPCS Code G2211 brought up lots of great questions – and CJ Wolf, MD, answered them! Check out his insights below.

The HCPCS code G2211 is an add-on code to certain Evaluation and Management codes. Much of the medical coding industry has been talking about this code because as of Jan. 1, 2024, Medicare began paying separately for it – but many coders and auditors are still curious about when it can be reported...

2024 brought a lot of changes to the medical coding and reimbursement world. In January, we highlighted some of the changes in our New Year, New Coding Changes webinar.

With the launch of the new E/M guidelines in January 2021, we now have two different Prolonged Codes to use.