October 2025 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Quarterly Update Reminder
The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to remind the Medicare contractors that the quarterly update to the HCPCS file is available for them to download. The complete HCPCS file is updated and released quarterly to the Medicare contractors. The file contains existing, new, revised and discontinued HCPCS codes for the October 2025 quarter. Contractors shall retrieve the data via the Cloud when instructed in a separate communication from CMS. The recurring update notification applies to Publication 100-04, Chapter 23, Section 20.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: May 29, 2025
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