Daily Briefing for October 5, 2026
Physician in the Loop · Oct 5, 2026 · 5:39
Physician in the Loop · Oct 5, 2026 · 5:39
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CPT panel adds AI codes, rejects three; Medicare contractors propose no coverage for AI brain MRI tools; review maps rural surgical telehealth; eye AI lifts referrals
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The American Medical Association's CPT Editorial Panel created a Category I code for AI arrhythmia analysis and three Category III AI codes, and rejected three other AI proposals, according to a summary released Oct. 2.
The new temporary codes cover AI identification of ST-elevation heart attacks, a breast cancer risk score from screening mammograms and analysis of digitized prostate cancer slides, and the summary lists Jan. 1, 2027 as their effective date. The arrhythmia code takes effect in January 2028, according to the summary. Separately, two Medicare contractors, Palmetto GBA and Noridian Healthcare Solutions, proposed to stop Medicare coverage of AI software that measures brain structures on MRI in 20 states, saying the evidence of clinical utility is insufficient.
The weekend was otherwise quiet. The Federal Register's listing of CMS documents that mention artificial intelligence showed no new entries since Sept. 24. The other items are a scoping review of telemedicine in rural surgical and anesthesia care and a Shanghai study of a language model used in primary eye care.
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