AMA CPT Professional 2026

2026 AMA CPT® Professional Edition
Healthcare professionals want accurate reimbursement. Payers want efficient claims processing. CPT® 2026 Professional Edition is the definitive AMA-authored resource to help healthcare professionals correctly report and bill medical procedures and services.
Only the AMA, with the help of physicians and other experts in the healthcare community, creates and maintains the CPT® code set. No other code book has the accurate, complete official guidelines for the latest and current procedural terminology for procedures and services to help you code medical services and procedures properly.
Key features and benefits:
The CPT® 2026 Professional Edition code book covers hundreds of code, guideline, and text changes and features:
CPT® Changes, CPT® Assistant, and Clinical Examples in Radiology citations provide cross-referenced information in popular AMA resources that can enhance your understanding of the CPT® code set.
A comprehensive index aids in locating codes related to a specific procedure, service, anatomic site, condition, synonym, eponym, or abbreviation to allow for a clearer, quicker search.
Anatomical and procedural illustrations help improve coding accuracy and understanding of the anatomy and procedures discussed.
Coding tips throughout each section improve understanding of the nuances of the code set.
Enhanced code book table of contents enables a quick search of the codebook’s content for quick access.
Section-specific table of contents provides a useful tool to navigate effectively and quickly through each section’s codes.
Summary of additions, deletions, and revisions provides a summary and quick reference of the 2026 changes in the codes without having to compare editions.
Multiple appendices offer additional information for modifiers, clinical examples, add-on codes, vascular families re-sequenced codes, and MAAAs and PLA services.
Appendix Q provides coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines and their associated administration codes.
Appendix R provides digital medicine services taxonomy.
Comprehensive E/M code selection tables aids physicians and coders in assigning the most appropriate evaluation and management codes.
Notes pages at the end of every code set section and subsection.
Free CEU with purchase: With every purchase of a 2026 AAPC code book, you can register for a free code book training (worth 1 CEU) that provides an overview of the book, including the history of the coding system, a book tour, and tips for success.