CY 2026 CPT® Coding Changes – Sneak Peek
CY 2026 CPT® Coding Changes – Sneak Peek
As we near the half-way point of 2025, it is time to begin looking forward to calendar year (CY) 2026. In preparation, there are several coding updates on the way from the American Medical Association (AMA) as part of the CPT® Editorial Panel Meetings which concluded for 2026, in 2024. The summaries are published by the AMA on their website.
The following tables outline the changes known to this point for procedures relevant to GORE, including lower extremity revascularization and TEVAR with Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (TBE). More information is expected in the proposed outpatient rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in July 2025 and the AMA publication of the 2026 CPT® manual, fourth quarter 2025.
Stay tuned to RCCS for updates and more information on applying these coding changes.
Lower Extremity Revascularization Coding Changes
| Name | Codes | Request-Description |
| Lower Extremity Vascular Procedures | New 37XX1, 37X19, 37X37, 37X02, 37X20, 37X38, 37X03, 37X21, 37X39, 37X04, 37X22, 37X40, 37X05, 37X23, 37X41, 37X06, 37X24, 37X42, 37X07, 37X25, 37X43, 37X08, 37X26, 37X44, 37X09, 37X27, 37X45, 37X10, 37X28, 37X46, 37X11, 37X29, 37X12, 37X30, 37X13, 37X31, 37X14, 37X32, 37X15, 37X33, 37X16, 37X34, 37X17, 37X35, 37X18, 37X36 Deleted 37220-37235 | 37XX1-37X09 for reporting vascular procedures in the iliac vascular territory; addition of a new subsection titled “Femoral and Popliteal Vascular Territory” and codes 37X10-37X26 for reporting vascular procedures in the femoral and popliteal vascular territory; addition of a new subsection titled “Tibial and Peroneal Vascular Territory” and codes 37X27-37X42 for reporting vascular procedures in the tibial and peroneal vascular territory; addition of a new subsection titled “Inframalleolar Vascular Territory” and codes 37X43-37X46 for reporting vascular procedures in the inframalleolar vascular territory; revision of the Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aorta and/or Iliac Arteries guidelines to reflect the appropriate new codes; revision of the Endovascular Revascularization (Open or Percutaneous, Transcatheter) guidelines; and deletion of the lower extremity revascularization codes (37220-37235) |
TEVAR with Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (TBE) Services Coding Changes
| Name | Codes | Request-Description |
| Thoracic Branch Endograft Services | New 33XX2, 35XX1, 33880, 33881, 33883, 33886 Deleted 33884, 33889, 33891, 75956, 75957, 75958, 75959 | Accepted addition of codes 33XX2, 35XX1 to report for thoracic branch endograft services; revision of codes 33880, 33881, 33883, 33886; deletion of codes 33884, 33889, 33891, 75956, 75957, 75958, 75959; revision of the Endovascular Repair of Descending Thoracic Aorta heading by removing “Descending”’; and revision of the Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aorta guidelines |
