CPT® Editorial Panel & RUC meetings & calendar

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Three times during the year, the CPT® Editorial Panel (Panel) deliberates code changes and the AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) describes the resources required to provide physician services, which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) considers in developing Relative Value Units (RVUs). Panel review of code change applications begins one month prior to each Panel meeting. Details on upcoming meetings are posted as they become available.

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CPT® Editorial Panel meetings

  • April 30-May 2, 2026 (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Sept. 17-19, 2026 (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
  • Feb. 4-6, 2027 (Los Angeles, California)

AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee meetings

  • April 23-25, 2026 (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Sept. 24-26, 2026 (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Jan. 20-23, 2027 (Del Mar, California)

Download the complete AMA/Special Society RVS Update (RUC) process calendar

AMA/Special Society RVS Update (RUC) process calendar (PDF)*

*This calendar is for items that require RUC process review and inclusion in the annual CMS proposed rule. Only code change applications determined by Panel review to be editorial revisions and/or do not require RUC review (e.g., laboratory issues) and are submitted after the November application deadline, will appear in the publication for the previous year.  

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