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IR in the 2026 MPFS proposed rule

Jul 17, 2025
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule contains 51 new payment codes and nine revised codes for interventional radiology, brought to you by the hard work of SIR’s staff and volunteer representatives to the American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel. For calendar year (CY) 2026, changes include 46 new codes for lower extremity vascular procedures, 1 new code for irreversible electroporation, 1 new and 4 revised codes for endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms, 3 new codes and 1 revised code for prostate biopsy, and 4 revised codes for endovascular therapy with imaging.
For details on how each of these code changes impacts IR, please read our preliminary analysis.
SIR’s Economics and Quality Improvement divisions are reviewing the 1,803-page proposed rule to analyze the full effects of the proposal on your practice. A complete impact analysis will be shared with you in the coming days.

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