R13983CP: October 2026 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System
Effective October 1, 2026, the ASC Payment System adds ten new Category III CPT codes, twelve new HCPCS codes for drugs, biologicals, and radiopharmaceuticals, and eight new skin substitute HCPCS codes. HCPCS code C8010 is deleted because CPT code 1091T, effective October 1, 2026, describes the same procedure, and ten drug, biological, and radiopharmaceutical HCPCS codes are deleted as of September 30, 2026. Twenty-one drug HCPCS codes change payment status effective October 1, 2026, and one changes effective July 1, 2026.