2027 CPT® High-Impact Specialty Updates Boot Camp

2027 CPT® High-Impact Specialty Updates Boot Camp

Four Focused Specialty Updates in One Practical Two-Hour Program

OB-GYN and Maternity | Radiology and Interventional Radiology | General Surgery | Pathology and Laboratory

TOTAL Duration: 120 Minutes
Format: Four focused 30-minute sessions
Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Prepare Your Organization for the 2027 CPT® Changes Before They Disrupt Coding, Documentation and Reimbursement

The 2027 CPT® code set contains 453 editorial changes—including 299 new codes, 74 revised codes and 80 deletions. However, preparing for the new year requires much more than reviewing a list of code numbers.

Healthcare organizations must determine which changes affect their specialties, understand how revised guidelines alter code selection, update EHR and charge-capture workflows, educate providers, and distinguish CPT® reporting requirements from Medicare and commercial-payer coverage and payment policies.

Some of the most consequential 2027 changes affect maternity care, medical imaging, surgery, emerging technology and diagnostic testing. Long-established coding structures are being replaced, new procedure distinctions are being introduced, and documentation that supported a service in 2026 may not be sufficient—or may lead to a different code—in 2027.

This intensive two-hour boot camp brings together four high-impact specialty updates in one practical program. Each 30-minute session will focus on the changes most likely to affect day-to-day coding, documentation, charge capture, claims and reimbursement beginning January 1, 2027.

Rather than overwhelming attendees with every editorial revision, the program will explain what changed, why it matters, where errors are most likely to occur and what organizations should update before the new codes take effect.

Why This Boot Camp Is Important

Session 1 — 2027 OB-GYN and Maternity Coding Reset (0.5 AAPC CEU APPROVED)

Global Package Deletions, New Labor and Delivery Codes and E/M Reporting

The 2027 maternity update is not a routine annual revision. It represents a fundamental restructuring of how maternity services are reported.

The longstanding global maternity framework is being replaced by a structure designed to reflect contemporary, team-based care across antepartum management, labor, delivery and postpartum services. The changes include 17 deleted codes, 12 new codes and six revised codes, together with new subsections, revised guidelines and relocated services.

All current antepartum and postpartum care codes are being deleted, with applicable encounters generally moving to E/M reporting. Labor management introduces daily reporting concepts, initial and subsequent days, and different levels of service. Delivery coding is being separated from other maternity components, with additional distinctions for the services performed.

For practices, hospitals and payers, this change may require substantial revisions to provider documentation, coding workflows, EHR templates, fee schedules, contracts and staff education.

This Session Will Cover

• The scope and purpose of the 2027 maternity coding restructure
• Global maternity codes being deleted and what replaces them
• Transition of antepartum encounters to applicable E/M reporting
• New labor-management reporting concepts
• Initial versus subsequent labor-management days
• Straightforward versus complex labor-management levels
• New delivery-code structure and important service distinctions
• Reporting postpartum encounters under the revised framework
• Separately reportable repairs and procedures, when applicable
• Documentation needed to support the new reporting structure
• Operational changes required in EHRs, fee schedules and charge workflows
• Common transition errors that could cause denials or missed revenue

Session 2 — 2027 Radiology and IR Coding Updates (0.5 AAPC CEU APPROVED)

New Imaging Codes, MRA Guidance, AI Services and Documentation Risk

Radiology and interventional radiology remain among the most technically demanding areas of CPT® coding. Code selection may depend on modality, anatomy, imaging guidance, supervision and interpretation, number of treated sites, procedural approach and whether individual components are bundled.

For 2027, the CPT® code set includes new and revised radiology codes and a new table for head and neck magnetic resonance angiography. The code set also expands its treatment of AI-related healthcare services, adding 10 AI-related CPT® codes across affected areas of medicine.

These developments create important questions for imaging providers: Which services have new reporting options? When does a revised descriptor change code selection? How should coders use the new MRA guidance? Which AI-related services may be reportable, and which remain included in an underlying imaging service?

This Session Will Cover

• High-impact new and revised radiology codes for 2027
• New head and neck MRA guidance and the code-selection table
• Documentation elements needed to distinguish imaging services
• Updates involving current prostate-biopsy techniques, where applicable
• Emerging imaging technology and related Category III considerations
• AI-related services relevant to radiology and imaging workflows
• Difference between AI-assisted performance and a separately reportable service
• Professional and technical component considerations
• Supervision, interpretation and imaging-guidance documentation
• Bundled versus separately reportable procedural components
• Facility and nonfacility reporting considerations
• Common denial risks during the 2027 transition

Session 3 — 2027 General Surgery Coding Updates (0.5 AAPC CEU APPROVED)

New Hernia Repair Codes, Emerging Procedures and Bundling Changes

General Surgery receives several meaningful CPT® updates for 2027, including a significant expansion of diaphragmatic hernia reporting. Nine new codes introduce more specific reporting options for traumatic and nontraumatic repairs performed through open, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic approaches.

The expanded code structure makes operative documentation increasingly important. Coders must be able to identify the type of hernia, underlying circumstances, surgical approach and other procedural details needed to select the correct code.

Additional changes involving emerging procedures, wound imaging, tumor ablation and microvascular services may also affect surgical organizations. Understanding whether imaging guidance, access, repair, device-related work or other components are included will be essential to preventing unbundling and missed charges.

This Session Will Cover

• Overview of the most important 2027 General Surgery changes
• Nine new diaphragmatic hernia repair codes
• Traumatic versus nontraumatic hernia reporting
• Open, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic approach distinctions
• Operative-note details required for accurate code selection
• Emerging surgical procedures and Category III transitions, where applicable
• Real-time fluorescence wound-imaging changes
• Irreversible electroporation and tumor-ablation reporting considerations
• Microvascular and lymphatic procedure updates
• Bundled services and components that may not be separately reportable
• Global-surgery and postoperative reporting considerations
• Common documentation gaps and charge-capture risks

Session 4 — 2027 Pathology and Laboratory Coding Updates (0.5 AAPC CEU APPROVED)

Molecular Tests, PLA Changes, Documentation and CLFS Risk

Pathology and laboratory coding continues to change rapidly as molecular testing, genomic analysis, infectious-disease diagnostics, algorithmic services and proprietary assays evolve.

Laboratories must determine whether a service is reported with an established Category I code, a Proprietary Laboratory Analyses code, another specialized code or an unlisted procedure. Because certain laboratory and PLA codes may follow quarterly release schedules, maintaining accurate systems requires more than a once-a-year update.

The coding transition also intersects with Medicare payment policy. CMS has proposed changes affecting Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule data collection and reporting, along with the phase-in of payment reductions beginning in 2027. These payment-policy proposals are separate from CPT® coding changes, but together they create significant financial and operational concerns for laboratories.

This Session Will Cover

• Important 2027 pathology and laboratory code changes
• Molecular pathology and genomic-testing updates
• Proprietary Laboratory Analyses additions, revisions and deletions
• Coding considerations for infectious-disease testing
• Selecting between Category I, PLA and unlisted reporting pathways
• Test methodology, analyte and specimen documentation requirements
• Medical-necessity and diagnosis-support considerations
• MolDX, Medicare Administrative Contractor and payer-policy checkpoints
• Frequency limitations and coverage-related denial risks
• Maintaining code tables when quarterly laboratory updates occur
• CMS-proposed 2027 CLFS data-reporting and payment changes
• Separating correct coding from coverage and reimbursement determinations

Boot Camp Agenda

In this session, we’ll cover:

• The legal standards for quid pro quo and hostile environment sexual harassment under the Fair Housing Act
• When property owners and managers become liable for resident-on-resident harassment
• The four-part retaliation test — and why the causation element decides most cases
• Current enforcement trends, including the sharp rise in retaliation complaints
• How to build a complaint intake and escalation protocol that protects residents and your organization
• Documentation practices that hold up when an adverse action follows a complaint

Harassment and retaliation claims are not legacy issues — they are a growing, active area of enforcement with real financial and reputational consequences. Properties with clear policies, trained staff, and disciplined documentation are far better positioned to respond appropriately and defend their decisions. Properties without them are exposed at exactly the moment they can least afford to be!

Learning Objectives

After completing this boot camp, attendees will be able to:

• Identify the most consequential 2027 CPT® changes affecting the four featured specialties
• Explain how the new maternity framework changes antepartum, labor, delivery and postpartum reporting
• Recognize radiology changes involving MRA guidance, emerging imaging technology and applicable AI-supported services
• Distinguish the documentation elements required by the new diaphragmatic hernia repair structure
• Identify important pathology, molecular-testing and PLA reporting changes
• Recognize when new, revised or deleted codes require EHR, fee-schedule or charge-capture updates
• Distinguish CPT® code availability from Medicare or commercial-payer coverage and payment
• Detect documentation weaknesses that could cause denials, undercoding or compliance exposure
• Communicate specialty-specific changes to physicians and other clinical staff
• Build a practical implementation plan before January 1, 2027

What Attendees Will Gain

Attendees will receive a focused, practical understanding of the 2027 changes most likely to affect their work. The program is designed to help participants move beyond code memorization and understand the operational consequences of each update.

Participants will gain:

• A concise explanation of four high-impact specialty updates
• Practical guidance for applying new and revised reporting structures
• Greater confidence identifying deleted codes and replacement pathways
• Documentation checkpoints that can be shared with providers
• A clearer understanding of bundling, component reporting and payer-policy risks
• Action steps for updating internal systems and workflows
• A framework for reducing denials, rework, missed charges and compliance exposure
• A January 1 readiness checklist for coding and revenue-cycle teams

Important Questions This Boot Camp Will Answer

• Which 2027 CPT® changes require immediate action?
• How will the maternity coding reset change everyday reporting?
• Which templates, forms and charge workflows may need to be rebuilt?
• How should the new head and neck MRA guidance be applied?
• What should radiology organizations understand about AI-related coding?
• Which operative details will support the new hernia repair codes?
• How should laboratories manage molecular and PLA code changes?
• What is the difference between having a CPT® code and obtaining payer coverage?
• Where are denials and documentation failures most likely to occur?
• What should organizations complete before January 1, 2027?

Prepare Now for January 1, 2027

The 2027 transition will affect codes, guidelines, documentation, systems and reimbursement workflows across multiple specialties. Discovering those effects only after claims begin to deny can lead to costly corrections and unnecessary disruption.

Join this 2027 CPT® High-Impact Specialty Updates Boot Camp for four focused, expert-led sessions that will help your team understand the changes, prioritize implementation work and enter the new coding year with greater confidence.

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CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. This educational program is not affiliated with or endorsed by the AMA. Code assignment does not guarantee coverage or payment. Attendees should review applicable federal, state and payer-specific requirements. References to the CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule reflect CMS proposals unless and until finalized.