The American Medical Association (AMA) released the August 2026 CPT® Assistant, as well as the Summer 2026 issue of Clinical Examples in Radiology. Both are now available to Codify by AAPC subscribers with Code Connect, which is our CPT® Assistant search add-on, and to subscribers of the CPT® Advanced Coding Pack.
CPT® Assistant: To find all the articles from Volume 36, Issue 8, subscribers can check for these topics and codes when they log in:
- Category III, fractional ablative laser fenestration, coding correction: 0479T, 0480T
- Maternity care 2027, postpartum care
- Measles testing: 87638
- Precuneus magnetic stimulation: 0997T, 0998T
- Tympanostomy tubes, insertion and removal, coding clarification: 69433, 0583T, G0561
The August issue also includes a Questions and Answers section covering these topics and codes:
- Digestive system
- Partial pharyngectomy, tumor exposure: 42890
- Evaluation and management
- Telemedicine, audio-only: 98012
- Time-based selection, medical decision making
- Medicine: Infusions
- Antibiotic infusion, time: 96365, 96366
- Nervous system
- Baroflex activation therapy modulation system, revision, replacement, lead and pulse generator: 64999
- Thread ultrasound-guided carpal tunnel release: 64728, 64999
- Vasospasm, temporary stent placement: 61640, 64999
- Ophthalmology
- Ophthalmological services, required component: 92012
- Urology
- Catheter-free bladder sensor device: 53899
Clinical Examples in Radiology: The Summer 2026 issue features these topics:
- Digital 3D model creation, surface mesh files
- Pancreatic mass histotripsy, ultrasound-guided
- Physiologic vascular study, noninvasive
- Placement, percutaneous biliary stent
There is also a Questions and Answers section with these topics:
- Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography, screening
- Face ultrasound, venous malformation
- Removal, gastrostomy tube
- Ultrasound examinations, thyroid, forehead, soft tissues