The American College of Radiology (ACR) and other top U.S. radiology organizations recently requested CPT code changes at the American Medical Association’s (AMA) September 2024 CPT Editorial Panel meeting.
The hybrid meeting was held from September 19 to 21 and was the final of three meetings to update codes for the 2026 CPT code cycle, the ACR noted. The college requested the following code change applications:
- Lower extremity vascular procedures
- Thoracic branch endograft services
- Sympathetic denervation for renal arteries
- Radiation oncology treatment delivery
Category III codes approved at the September meeting will be posted on the AMA website on January 1, 2025, and take effect July 1, 2025. Category I codes approved at the recent meeting will take effect on January 1, 2026.
In addition, the ACR posted anticipated radiology CPT code changes for 2025 and urged its members to review them and consider how the changes may impact their practices.
The ACR worked in collaboration with the RSNA, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), the Association of Academic Radiology (AAR), the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASRO) on the code change applications.
![Axial images from unenhanced calcium score cardiac CT (left) and curved planar reformation images from CT angiography (right) show that higher long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with greater coronary artery calcium and more obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Top row: Images in a 68-year-old male patient with higher 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (7.9 μg/m3 for particulate matter measuring ≤2.5 μm in diameter [PM2.5] and 17.4 parts per billion [ppb] for NO2) with extensive CAD (coronary artery calcium score [CACS] >1,000 and obstructive CAD [≥70% diameter stenosis]). Bottom row: Images in a 57-year-old female patient with lower 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (6.3 μg/m3 for PM2.5 and 4.6 ppb for NO2) with no CAD (CACS = 0 and no obstructive stenosis).](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/06/hanneman.r6SMLzkezo.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
