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Get Ready for This Major Prostate Biopsy Code Overhaul

Published on Tue Sep 01, 2026

Revisions make imaging guidance, tissue sample numbers, and sample area easier to code. Following its deletion of 55700 (Biopsy, prostate; needle or punch, single or multiple, any approach) at the beginning of 2026, CPT® is continuing its overhaul of the prostate biopsy codes, effective Jan. 1, 2027. Here is a complete rundown of all the code changes to the 55707-+55715 [...]
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