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December 19,2024
The 2025 updates to CPT and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System have been released and are available for review. Now is the time to familiarize yourself with the changes brought about by the updates so you can hit the ground running when they become valid on January 1. This is a summary showing the total number of new, deleted and revised CPT codes. Year New Codes Deleted Codes Revised Code Titles 2025 269 107 85 This table shows the breakdown of code updates by section of CPT. CPT Section New Deleted Revised Evaluation & Management 17 3 0 Anesthesia 0 0 0 Surgery 33 12 5 Radiology 6 0 0 Pathology & Laboratory 114 14 9 ...
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