2027 AMA CPT Updates
453 Updates in the CPT® 2027 Code Set
The AMA recently released the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2027 code set, which will become effective Jan. 1, 2027.
The open and rigorous process maintained by the independent CPT Editorial Panel—with broad input from the healthcare community, government and industry—produced 453 total updates, including 299 new CPT codes, 80 deletions and 74 revisions.
Many of the latest updates reflect advancements in contemporary clinical practice, science and technology, helping ensure the CPT code set fulfill its vital role as a uniform language of medicine.
ey updates included in the CPT 2027 code set, which go into effect on January 1, include significant updates to maternity care, ventricular assist device procedures, hernia repair, prostate biopsy, biofeedback, radiology and sleep medicine:
Maternity care services: As previously announced and released early to support implementation, a revised code framework replaces the decades-old global maternity care bundle and better reflects contemporary, team-based obstetric practice across antepartum, labor, delivery and postpartum care.
Ventricular assist device procedures: New and revised guidelines, including three new codes involving left ventricular assist devices, improve reporting for these important procedures.
Hernia repair: Nine new codes expand reporting options for traumatic and non-traumatic open, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic diaphragmatic hernia repair procedures.
Prostate biopsy: Updated codes and guidelines better reflect current biopsy techniques and improve data specificity.
Biofeedback: A new time-based code structure aligns reporting with how biofeedback training is commonly delivered.
Radiology: New and revised codes, along with a new table for head and neck magnetic resonance angiography, better reflect current imaging technologies.
Sleep medicine: Six new codes for unattended sleep studies reflect advances in sleep-testing technology, including services delivered outside traditional sleep centers.
The CPT 2027 code set continues to expand to better describe AI-related services that support or assist healthcare professionals. It adds 10 new codes, bringing the total number of AI-related CPT codes to 43. The CPT Editorial Panel also updated Taxonomy for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Services and Procedures, which helps applicants and other CPT stakeholders choose the right terminology for CPT code descriptors. These changes are meant to keep the framework relevant as clinical AI evolves.
ey updates included in the CPT 2027 code set, which go into effect on January 1, include significant updates to maternity care, ventricular assist device procedures, hernia repair, prostate biopsy, biofeedback, radiology and sleep medicine:
Maternity care services: As previously announced and released early to support implementation, a revised code framework replaces the decades-old global maternity care bundle and better reflects contemporary, team-based obstetric practice across antepartum, labor, delivery and postpartum care.
Ventricular assist device procedures: New and revised guidelines, including three new codes involving left ventricular assist devices, improve reporting for these important procedures.
Hernia repair: Nine new codes expand reporting options for traumatic and non-traumatic open, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic diaphragmatic hernia repair procedures.
Prostate biopsy: Updated codes and guidelines better reflect current biopsy techniques and improve data specificity.
Biofeedback: A new time-based code structure aligns reporting with how biofeedback training is commonly delivered.
Radiology: New and revised codes, along with a new table for head and neck magnetic resonance angiography, better reflect current imaging technologies.
Sleep medicine: Six new codes for unattended sleep studies reflect advances in sleep-testing technology, including services delivered outside traditional sleep centers.
The CPT 2027 code set continues to expand to better describe AI-related services that support or assist healthcare professionals. It adds 10 new codes, bringing the total number of AI-related CPT codes to 43. The CPT Editorial Panel also updated Taxonomy for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Services and Procedures, which helps applicants and other CPT stakeholders choose the right terminology for CPT code descriptors. These changes are meant to keep the framework relevant as clinical AI evolves.