Representatives from the American College of Radiology (ACR) participated in the February American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedure Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel meeting, the first meeting of three scheduled for 2025 to update codes for the 2027 CPT code cycle.
The ACR co-sponsored CPT code change proposals for Category I codes for prostate biopsy services and Category III codes for surface mesh volume.
Category III codes approved at this meeting will be effective July 1, while Category I codes approved at this meeting will be effective January 1, 2027.
Other radiology organizations participating in the meeting included the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), the Association of Academic Radiology (AAR), the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASN), the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASCO).
At the meeting, radiology CPT advisors also met with other specialty organizations to discuss potential code proposals, reviewed more than 60 proposals submitted to the AMA and commented on 22 proposals that included imaging that could potentially affect radiologists.
ACR Senior Economic Policy Analyst Laura Pattie told AuntMinnie.com via email that details about CPT meeting discussions and content are confidential, but that the AMA will post a summary of the panel’s actions in the next couple of weeks.