RUC recommendations, minutes & voting

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These recommendations relate to new and revised CPT® codes and existing services identified by the RVS Update Committee’s (RUC’s) Relativity Assessment Workgroup and CMS. 

To provide transparency in the decision-making process, meeting minutes and voting results are also included on this page.

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CPT 2027

Preliminary CPT Content in RUC Recommendations

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes and descriptions are copyrighted by American Medical Association. The RUC recommendations have been submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for consideration by CMS for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to be released in Summer 2026. All determinations of relative value units are the responsibility of CMS and will be finalized November 2026. CPT content as included in the RUC recommendations should not be considered final. CPT 2027 will be published by the AMA in September 2026. 

 

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