True coders stay ahead of the curve! The 2026 CPT® code changes go into effect January 1, 2026—are you ready? This year’s update includes 288 new codes, 84 deletions, and 46 revisions—a total of 418 changes that will impact how you code, document, and report services in the year ahead.

Preparing for these updates means more than memorizing codes and descriptions; it requires understanding how to apply them accurately and ensuring documentation supports compliant coding.

Join us for this in-depth session offering personalized instruction and hands-on application of the 2026 CPT® code and guideline updates. You’ll gain the knowledge and tools needed to implement the changes confidently and maintain compliance from day one. Plus, you’ll receive detailed reference materials you can use throughout 2026.

Learning Objectives

• Apply the 2026 updates to real-world coding scenarios through interactive, case-based exercises with expert presenters
• Recognize potential coding pitfalls that could affect compliance and revenue
• Prepare your practice or department to transition smoothly before January 1
• Understand the “what” and the “why” behind each major change, including rationale and intent
• Guide your providers on documentation requirements for compliant reporting
• Give a brief overview of the problem area/s this session is going to address and the solutions to be provided
• Provide the listener a perfunctory exposure to what the new service codes are that the AMA has released for the new year

Session Agenda

A chapter by chapter review of all new and revised codes is the format followed. This is followed by changes in the appendices found at the back of the coding book.

Session Highlights

• Codes for vaccines, counseling and administration
• Codes for re-vascularization
• What the growth of digital health, AI and outpatient care means to codes
• Specificity in codes for AI assisted diagnostics
• Codes in orthopedics
• Greater specificity in codes for lymph node dissection in prostatectomies
• Codes for medical services regarding hearing devices
• Updated appendixes
• Explain how each code set will have background information that will lay the foundation for the new codes being released
• Help the listener better understand the codes as they are described
• Take home an exclusive 2026 CPT® code change manual detailing every new, revised, and deleted code

Who will Benefit

• Coders
• Billers
• Auditors
• Office Managers
• Office Administrators

Speaker Profile

Jill founded her company over 20 years ago to meet the educational and compliance needs of physicians, office staff and others working in the medical community. She has given well over hundreds of lectures and audioconferences in her career and has written articles found in numerous professional medical publications. She is past president of the AAPC’s Local Chapter Board of Directors and has held numerous officer positions for her AAPC local chapter. She is currently the Director of Special Events for the Michigan Medical Biller Association and is on the Education Committee for the ACOI.