While CMS declined to consider any codes for revaluation under the agency’s potentially misvalued codes policy for calendar year (CY) 2026, the agency proved responsive to nominators’ requests for certain codes to be valued or revalued.
Join us on the podium at the 2026 Revenue Integrity Symposium (RIS), to be held September 24-25, 2026, in Savannah, Georgia. The National Association of Healthcare Revenue Integrity (NAHRI) is now accepting proposals to speak at 2026 RIS. The deadline to apply is January 12, 2026.
The ICD-10-CM update for 2026 included 213 new codes that incorporated the “flank” as an anatomic area related to injuries. Genetic diseases also continue to make big inroads into the tabular list of diagnoses.
CMS' current bundling methodology for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment payments does not accurately reflect care provided to Medicare enrollees, according to the Office of Inspector General (OIG).
