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CMS releases 2026 ICD-10 update


Streamlined CME credit coming to JVIR in July 2025


Beginning July 2025, SIR is streamlining the process for earning CME credit through the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Under the new system, readers will no longer need to complete monthly quizzes tied to individual CME articles. Instead, JVIR will off er an annual CME subscription channel that includes all CME-approved articles published each month. Near the end of the calendar year, credit claiming will open after publication of the December issue.


To earn credit, participants will simply answer a single refl ective question about how the JVIR CME articles impacted their clinical practice. This new format replaces the previous article-by-article question format and allows for more fl exibility with the material.


SIR designates this RSS Activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


For more information, please contact alewis@sirweb.org.


The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2026 International Classifi cation of Diseases (ICD)-10—Clinical Modifi cation (CM) diagnosis code fi les. The update contains 487 new, 28 deleted, and 38 revised ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes. These 2026 ICD-10-CM codes will be used for patient encounters from Oct. 1, 2025, through Sept. 30, 2026.


Get wise about WISeR


The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new Innovation Center model aimed at helping ensure people with original Medicare receive safe, eff ective and necessary care.


iCARE: New reporting standards for AI in IR


JVIR and CVIR have jointly released the iCARE (Interventional Radiology Checklist for Artifi cial Intelligence Research Evaluation) guidelines—a comprehensive new framework to improve the transparency, consistency and quality of AI research in interventional radiology. This joint eff ort outlines best practices and includes a detailed checklist to support the development of safe, generalizable AI tools that enhance IR workfl ows, improve care delivery, and support better patient outcomes. A must-read for researchers, reviewers, and anyone working at the intersection of AI and IR.


Read more on jvir.org.


Through the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model, CMS will partner with companies specializing in enhanced technologies to test ways to provide an improved and expedited prior authorization process relative to original Medicare’s existing processes.


View the WISeR factsheet via the QR code below.


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