Webinar

Master the 2027 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Code Set Updates

By Leigh Poland and Jai Balaji

December 17, 2026 at 12 p.m. ET

The American Medical Association (AMA) released the latest CPT code set, effective January 1, 2027. This annual update has 453 total editorial changes, including 299 new codes, 74 revisions, and 80 deletions. In this webinar, leaders from AGS Health’s medical coding service team will walk you through the key updates to the 2027 CPT code set, highlighting the most significant changes you need to know.

Accurate medical coding is critical to ensure that facilities, physicians, and organizations maintain reliable data to support high-quality patient care and achieve timely, appropriate reimbursement. With coding updates released regularly, ongoing training is essential to the performance of medical coding operations.

If you or your colleagues want to gain a clearer understanding of the 2027 CPT code set, this session is designed for you.

Learning Objectives

Review the most notable modifications, including:

EandM Section Updates
Surgery Section Revisions
Anesthesia, Pathology & Laboratory and Medicine Section Updates
Speech Therapy Updates
Maternity Care Revisions
New Codes for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Services

Learn how AGS Health can help implement these changes effectively and efficiently.

Leigh Poland RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CIC

Speaker

Vice President, Coding Services, Clinical Quality & Education, AGS Health

Leigh has over 20 years of coding experience and has worked in the coding and education realm over the last 20 years. Her true passion is coding education making sure coders are equipped to do their job accurately and with excellence. Academically, Leigh has graduated from Louisiana Tech University with a Bachelor of Science. Leigh has had the opportunity to present many times in the past at the AHIMA, ACDIS, and AAPC National Conventions. She has been a guest speaker on AHIMA webinars and has written several articles that were published in the AHIMA Journal. Leigh has traveled the US and internationally providing coding education.

Krithika Sairajan, CPC

Speaker

General Manager, Medical Coding Quality, AGS Health

Krithika brings 17 years of diverse revenue cycle management (RCM) experience spanning both operations and quality. As a General Manager of Medical Coding Quality, she oversees the professional coding quality function across multiple clients. Her expertise includes emergency department (ED) coding, evaluation and management (E&M) coding, hospital medicine, and urgent care.

Throughout her career, Krithika has led many large-scale transitions, setting high-performing quality functions and delivering exceptional quality standards for complex projects. With a strong focus on coding accuracy and customer satisfaction, she has developed dashboards that analyze acuity patterns and audit trends, supporting data-driven quality improvements and consistently high standards.

Krithika holds a Bachelor of Physiotherapy degree and an MBA in Hospital Management.

December 17, 2026 at 12 p.m. ET

Duration: 90 minutes (1.5 CEU Credit)