The American Medical Association (AMA) released the July 2026 CPT® Assistant. This issue continues crucial training for ob-gyn coders preparing for major 2027 updates, with a focus on labor and delivery coding. The issue is now available to subscribers of Code Connect, which is Codify by AAPC’s CPT® Assistant search add-on, and to subscribers of the CPT® Advanced Coding Pack.
To find all the articles from Volume 36, Issue 7, subscribers can check for these topics and codes when they log in:
- Administration, combination COVID-19 vaccine: 90480, 90481
- Correction, injection, piriformis muscle, onabotulinumtoxin A: 64642
- Implanted active middle ear hearing devices: 0951T-0955T
- Labor management and delivery, 2027: 59051, 59080-59083, 59300, 59414, 59431-59434, 59502-59504
- Placement, selective arterial catheter: 36248
The July issue also includes a Questions and Answers section covering these topics and codes:
- Anesthesia: Head
- Excision, submandibular gland: 00100, P1
- Septoplasty: 00160, P1
- Anesthesia: Intrathoracic
- Resection, rectal cancer: 00532, P3
- Digestive system
- Biopsy, vestibule of the mouth: 40808
- Repair, umbilical hernia: 49592
- Evaluation and management (E/M)
- Office, routine follow-up: 99214
- Integumentary system
- Blepharoplasty: 15823, 50
- Excision, squamous cell carcinoma, repair: 11642, 13132
- Mediastinum and diaphragm
- Resection, hepatic adenoma: 39560, 47120-47130