Updates
Code Set Change Ledger
Track additions, deletions, revisions, effective dates, and other recorded changes across the code sets covered by MedCoder.
MedCoder records changes from published source releases. Coding facts are not AI-generated. MedCoder is an independent reference and is not affiliated with or endorsed by CMS, CDC or AHRQ.
Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 20, 2026 · All releases and sources
Current releases
The release in effect today for each code set. The release in effect on the date of service governs.
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis codes
FY2027 Current
Effective October 1, 2026
What changed?
- 238
- Added
- 21
- Deleted
- 4
- Description revised
- 4
- Short description revised
- 15
- Billable → non-billable
- 1,821
- Tabular instruction changes
ICD-10-PCS
Inpatient procedure codes
FY2027 Current
Effective October 1, 2026
What changed?
- 101
- Added
- 38
- Deleted
- 3
- Description revised
HCPCS Level II
Level II supplies, drugs and services codes
October 2026 Current
Effective October 1, 2026
What changed?
- 45
- Added
- 15
- Deleted (terminated)
Additions and terminations CMS dated in this quarter, effective October 1, 2026.
MS-DRG
Medicare severity diagnosis-related groups
v44 Current
Effective October 1, 2026
What changed?
- 14
- DRGs added
- 18
- DRGs deleted
- 22
- Titles revised
ASP NDC-HCPCS Crosswalk
Medicare Part B drug NDC-to-HCPCS changes
October 2026 Current
Effective October 1, 2026
What changed?
- 327
- Pairings added
- 290
- Pairings removed
- 7
- Billable-unit changes
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Historical releases
Every recorded release, newest first, with its effective date and counts. Compare two releases.
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis codes · Annual, effective October 1
MedCoder records additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes for every release from FY2017, each diffed from CMS's code files for that release and the one before it. Tabular instruction changes are recorded from FY2027, the first release whose tabular file is diffed against the previous one.
- ICD-10-CM FY2027 changesCurrent releaseEffective October 1, 2026238 added · 21 deleted · 4 descriptions revised · 4 short descriptions revised · 15 billable → non-billable · 1,821 tabular instruction changes1,138 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-CM FY2026 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2025614 added · 12 deleted · 44 descriptions revised · 44 short descriptions revised · 16 billable → non-billable686 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-CM FY2025 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2024291 added · 3 deleted · 15 descriptions revised · 15 short descriptions revised · 33 billable → non-billable341 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-CM FY2024 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2023551 added · 19 descriptions revised · 28 short descriptions revised · 32 billable → non-billable610 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-CM FY2023 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 20221,468 added · 251 deleted · 40 descriptions revised · 40 short descriptions revised · 36 billable → non-billable1,790 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-CM FY2022 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2021201 added · 25 deleted · 30 descriptions revised · 30 short descriptions revised · 16 billable → non-billable271 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-CM FY2021 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2020613 added · 26 deleted · 55 descriptions revised · 55 short descriptions revised · 39 billable → non-billable730 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-CM FY2020 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2019328 added · 7 deleted · 36 descriptions revised · 30 short descriptions revised · 14 billable → non-billable · 1 became billable385 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-CM FY2019 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2018320 added · 3 deleted · 130 descriptions revised · 134 short descriptions revised · 48 billable → non-billable505 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-CM FY2018 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2017419 added · 122 deleted · 272 descriptions revised · 283 short descriptions revised · 34 billable → non-billable856 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-CM FY2017 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 20162,305 added · 212 deleted · 553 descriptions revised · 502 short descriptions revised · 128 billable → non-billable · 1 became billable3,197 codes with recorded changes
ICD-10-PCS
Inpatient procedure codes · Annual, effective October 1, with mid-year updates
MedCoder records additions, deletions and description changes for every release from FY2017, each diffed from CMS's code files for that release and the one before it. Tabular instruction changes are not recorded for ICD-10-PCS. 6 of these releases are compared against a snapshot rebuilt from CMS addenda because CMS no longer hosts the original file; each of those pages says so.
- ICD-10-PCS FY2027 changesCurrent releaseEffective October 1, 2026101 added · 38 deleted · 3 descriptions revised142 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-PCS FY2026 (April) changesHistorical releaseEffective April 1, 202680 added · 2 deleted82 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-PCS FY2026 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2025156 added · 27 deleted183 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-PCS FY2025 (April) changesHistorical releaseEffective April 1, 202550 added · 12 deleted · 2 descriptions revised64 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-PCS FY2025 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2024371 added · 61 deleted432 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-PCS FY2024 (April) changesHistorical releaseEffective April 1, 202441 added · 6 deleted · 3 descriptions revised50 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-PCS FY2024 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 202378 added · 5 deleted · 14 descriptions revised97 codes with recorded changesCompared against a rebuilt snapshot
- ICD-10-PCS FY2023 (April) changesHistorical releaseEffective April 1, 202334 added34 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-PCS FY2023 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2022331 added · 64 deleted395 codes with recorded changesCompared against a rebuilt snapshot
- ICD-10-PCS FY2022 (April) changesHistorical releaseEffective April 1, 20229 added9 codes with recorded changesCompared against a rebuilt snapshot
- ICD-10-PCS FY2022 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2021191 added · 107 deleted · 62 descriptions revised360 codes with recorded changesCompared against a rebuilt snapshot
- ICD-10-PCS FY2021 (January) changesHistorical releaseEffective January 1, 202121 added21 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-PCS FY2021 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2020544 added544 codes with recorded changesCompared against a rebuilt snapshot
- ICD-10-PCS FY2020 (August) changesHistorical releaseEffective August 1, 202012 added12 codes with recorded changesCompared against a rebuilt snapshot
- ICD-10-PCS FY2020 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2019734 added · 2,056 deleted · 2 descriptions revised2,792 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-PCS FY2019 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 2018392 added · 216 deleted · 8 descriptions revised616 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-PCS FY2018 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 20173,562 added · 646 deleted · 1,821 descriptions revised6,029 codes with recorded changes
- ICD-10-PCS FY2017 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 20163,827 added · 12 deleted · 491 descriptions revised4,330 codes with recorded changes
HCPCS Level II
Level II supplies, drugs and services codes · Quarterly (January, April, July, October), with occasional mid-quarter additions
For HCPCS Level II, MedCoder records each code's CMS add date and termination date from the alpha-numeric file. A deletion is listed on the first day the code is no longer valid (the day after its CMS termination date). Description revisions between quarterly files are not recorded as changes. Each quarter below lists the additions and terminations CMS dated in it, under each CMS effective date; each calendar year has a page listing all of them.
Quarterly releases
- HCPCS Level II October 2026Current releaseEffective October 1, 202645 added · 15 deleted
- HCPCS Level II July 2026Historical releaseEffective July 1, 202640 added · 1 deleted
- HCPCS Level II April 2026Historical releaseEffective April 1, 202651 added · 6 deleted
- HCPCS Level II January 2026Historical releaseEffective January 1, 2026171 added · 95 deleted
- HCPCS Level II October 2025Historical releaseEffective October 1, 202573 added · 7 deleted
- HCPCS Level II July 2025Historical releaseEffective July 1, 202545 added · 16 deleted
- HCPCS Level II April 2025Historical releaseEffective April 1, 202582 added · 18 deleted
- HCPCS Level II January 2025Historical releaseEffective January 1, 2025171 added · 80 deleted
By calendar year
- 307 added · 117 deleted
- 371 added · 121 deleted
- 534 added · 126 deleted
- 338 added · 70 deleted
- 214 added · 65 deleted
- 177 added · 204 deleted
- 301 added · 92 deleted
- 270 added · 65 deleted
- 186 added · 39 deleted
- 267 added · 143 deleted
- 274 added · 117 deleted
- 234 added · 162 deleted
- 280 added · 1 deleted
- 162 added
- 253 added
- 127 added
- 111 added
- 121 added
- 136 added
- 136 added
- 376 added
- 195 added
- 258 added
- 365 added
- 397 added
- 370 added
- 196 added
- 44 added
- 48 added
- 93 added
- 47 added
- 46 added
- 87 added
- 39 added
- 28 added
- 29 added
- 81 added
- 54 added
- 163 added
- 15 added
- 525 added
- 147 added
- 108 added
- 3 added
- 257 added
MS-DRG
Medicare severity diagnosis-related groups · Annual grouper version, effective October 1, with mid-year versions
DRGs added, deleted or retitled in each CMS grouper version, against the version before it. Changes to which codes group to a DRG are not recorded here. A version that changed no DRG number or title has a release record that says so.
- MS-DRG v44 changesCurrent releaseEffective October 1, 202614 DRGs added · 18 DRGs deleted · 22 titles revised
- MS-DRG v43.1 release recordHistorical releaseEffective April 1, 2026No DRGs added, deleted, or retitledNo DRGs added, deleted, or retitled
- MS-DRG v43 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 20255 DRGs added · 6 DRGs deleted · 6 titles revised
- MS-DRG v42.1 release recordHistorical releaseEffective April 1, 2025No DRGs added, deleted, or retitledNo DRGs added, deleted, or retitled
- MS-DRG v42 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 202412 DRGs added · 5 DRGs deleted · 4 titles revised
- MS-DRG v41.1 release recordHistorical releaseEffective April 1, 2024No DRGs added, deleted, or retitledNo DRGs added, deleted, or retitled
- MS-DRG v41 changesHistorical releaseEffective October 1, 202315 DRGs added · 16 DRGs deleted · 6 titles revised
- MS-DRG v40.1 release recordHistorical releaseEffective April 1, 2023No DRGs added, deleted, or retitledNo DRGs added, deleted, or retitled
ASP NDC-HCPCS Crosswalk
Medicare Part B drug NDC-to-HCPCS changes · Quarterly
NDC-HCPCS pairings added, removed or given new billable units in each quarterly CMS crosswalk for Medicare Part B drugs, against the quarter before it.
- ASP NDC-HCPCS Crosswalk October 2026 changesCurrent releaseEffective October 1, 2026327 pairings added · 290 pairings removed · 7 billable-unit changes