Today, we are continuing our January look at 2026 CPT code updates. As a reminder there were 5,933 new CPT codes with the January 1
I often begin my day with an environmental scan. Last week, an article from Becker’s Clinical Leadership caught my eye, “Hospital mortality, infectionrates improve despite
In January 2026, the White House released a fact sheet announcing a call by Donald J. Trump for Congress to enact the “Great Healthcare Plan.”
In my travels to hospitals across the country and time spent in emergency rooms shadowing the critical work of social workers, I’ve seen firsthand the
Does code 38228 rely on the start and stop time documented in the medical record?
When is the new 2026 code 37262 reported?
If a nuclear medicine planar scan is performed of the knees for a possible infection, would this be coded as 78300 or 78800? Does it matter which radiopharmaceutical was used? Nuclear medicine technologists are saying it should be coded as an infection scan using 78800. Their point is that an infection radiopharmaceutical is being used, so it should be coded as 78800. However, when I read the heading of the section for 78800, it states “(for specific organ, see appropriate heading),” which would be the musculoskeletal system. Since a limited planar scan is present in that section, I believe 78300 should be used.
Why was 87812 established in 2026?
When do we report code 94640 for continuous inhalation treatment?
What details should the operative report include when billing code 31624? What requirements exist for bronchial alveolar lavage to be coded?
Under what conditions do we report new 2026 code 87494?
On the hospital side, during an MAA mapping study, the doctors are using a device called a TriNav catheter to temporarily occlude the vessel. To be clear, they are not performing an embolization at this point. Historically, we have billed for catheterization and imaging, but with the release of the C9797 code, we are now being instructed to bill C9797 during the MAA mapping, even when no true embolization is performed. The patient returns a few weeks later for the Y90 treatment, which also involves the use of the TriNav catheter. At that time, I billed the procedure with C9797. What is the correct way to bill for the MAA mapping session on the hospital side?
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