The second quarter 2026 AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS reveals how the April National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) update took aim at Category III codes.
To learn more about the topics in Volume 26, Number 2, subscribers to the HCPCS Coding Clinic search tool from Codify by AAPC can look up these terms or select the year and quarter for the issue:
- April 2026 NCCI updates, outpatient: 37254-37299
- April 2026 new, deleted, revised HCPCS Level II codes
- July 2026 new, deleted, revised PLA codes
- July 2026, new vaccine codes
- Surgery section update, 2026: 27443, 27445, 27447, 27458, 27487, 27713, 43889, 49320
The Ask the Editor section of this issue discusses coding for a variety of procedures. Subscribers to our HCPCS Coding Clinic tool can find additional information by searching for these terms:
- Breast implant revision: 19318
- Correction, necrotizing soft tissue: 11004-11006
- Endoscopic bladder stone removal, percutaneous cystostomy: 51102, 52318, 52352, 59, LT, XS
- Loose patellar component, removal: 27331
- Needle-knife stricturoplasty, balloon dilation: 43249, 43499
- Popliteal nerve block: 64445
- Spinal cord stimulator, removal percutaneous leads, placement paddle leads: 63655, 63688
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