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SIR CPT® Advisor, Ashok Bhanushali, MD, MBA, FSIR; Alternate CPT® Advisor, Julie C. Bulman, MD;  CPT® Member, Alexandra Fairchild, MD, FSIR, and SIR staff, attended the American Medical Association (AMA) CPT® Editorial Panel meeting from Sept. 18–20. SIR, with collaborating societies, proposed CAT I codes for  Renal Nerve Denervation and Prostate Biopsy Services and CAT III codes for Surface Mesh Volume. If the Category I codes are approved, they will be referred to the Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) to be surveyed for the January 2026 meeting.  CAT III codes approved at this meeting will take  effect on July 1, 2026. CAT I codes will take effect Jan. 1, 2027. See the Editorial Summary of Panel Actions for full details of the meeting.