Q What are the new and/or revised Category III CPT codes for 2026? A There are also several new Category III codes that capture emerging technologies such as percutaneous tissue displacement, hemodynamic inferior
vena cava (IVC) placement and monitoring, benign prostate ablation with high- intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), laser ablation of breast tumors and intravascular imaging using optical coherence tomography (OCT). Due to the creation of Category I codes for hepatic and prostate IRE, existing Category III code for IRE has been revised.
For percutaneous tissue displacement, there are three add-on codes which include 1022T for intra-abdominal/pelvic structures, 1023T for intrathoracic structures and 1024T for soft tissue.
For hemodynamic IVC monitoring, codes 0981T, 0982T and 0983T have been created to describe procedures involving the use of a wireless IVC monitor with respect to both the transcatheter implantation of the device and the remote monitoring.
For ablation of benign prostate with HIFU, report code 0950T.
For laser ablation of breast tumors, report code 0970T for benign tumors and 0971T for malignant tumors.
For intravascular imaging using OCT, this can be reported with add-on codes 0984T for initial extracranial vessels and 0985T for each additional vessel as well as 0986T for an initial intracranial vessel and 0987T for each additional vessel.
Note that due to the creation of category I codes for IRE of the liver and prostate, existing Category III code 0600T has been revised to describe IRE of 1 or more tumors per organ, other than the liver or prostate.
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