A5105

Sources

1. [1] HCPCS Level II Alpha-Numeric File, July 2026 quarterly update · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · checked 2026-08-07

   THE AUTHORITATIVE REGISTER OF CODE STATUS, and the one document that answers questions the coverage determinations cannot: when a code was added, whether it has been terminated, and what kind of change was last made to it. Downloaded on 2026-08-07 from https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/july-2026-alpha-numeric-hcpcs-file.zip, HTTP 200, 2,499,217 bytes, SHA-256 5591fed257e4d2307c1d2dc9c66abc8e346b1f4c076e9e48559799e2de14b70a; the data file inside is HCPC2026_JUL_ANWEB_06172026.txt and the field positions are documented in HCPC2026_recordlayout.txt in the same archive. Read here for four records. A4353: code added date 19970101, action effective date 20030101, action code N for no maintenance, and NO termination date, which is the register-level confirmation that the code is live. A4297: added 20260101. A4479: added 20260401, action code S for a change in short description, action effective date 20260701, no termination date. A4351: added 19900101 with an action effective date of 20260101, the descriptor revision. The long description field is 80 characters and the short description 28, so a long descriptor read from this file alone can be truncated; the full text belongs to the coverage documents cited beside it.