Orthopedic billing is among the most complex revenue cycle challenges in outpatient specialty medicine. The combination of high-dollar surgical procedures, prior authorization requirements that vary by payer and by procedure, CPT code updates that arrive every January, and implant cost documentation creates a billing environment where even experienced teams can leave significant revenue on the table without knowing it.
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As Q1 2026 closes, orthopedic practices are operating in a materially different reimbursement environment than they were 12 months ago. Coding changes, payer algorithm updates, site-of-service payment shifts, and rising denial rates are converging at once.
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Every January, orthopedic practices face the same pressure: new CPT codes took effect on the first, payer fee schedules have been updated, and any billing template or charge master that was not refreshed before the year started is already generating claims that will be denied or paid at the wrong rate.
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