What’s in AHA’s Coding Clinic Third Quarter 2026 Release for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS?

The Third Quarter 2026 newsletter of AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS was released August 24, 2026. Let’s explore some of the highlights!

The newsletter includes 24 question and answers addressing the following topics:

• Double Diabetes Mellitus
• Double-J Ureteral Stent Placement (Drainage)
• Double-J Ureteral Stent Placement (Dilation)
• Encounter for Debulking/Excision of Excessive Soft Tissue from a Submental Free Flap
• Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Metastatic to Spine
• Post-Polypectomy Coagulation Syndrome
• Bidirectional Shunting following Transseptal Puncturee
• Cavernoma with Hemorrhage
• Stroke-Like Migraine Attacks after Radiation Therapy (SMART) Syndrome
• Mature Cataracts
• Reactive Airway Disease without Asthma
• Infusion Reaction Secondary to Rituximab
• Neovaginal Stenosis
• Septic Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Thrombocytopenia Secondary to Consumption following Surgery
• No-Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV)
• Intra-Arterial Stem Cell Infusion
• Heated High Flow Oxygen via Tracheostomy
• Saphenous Vein Graft Ligation
• Proximal Realignment Lateral Retinacular Release and Imbrication for Instability Status Post Total Knee Replacement
• Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries (MAPCA)
• Occlusion of the Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries (MAPCA)
• Blastomycosis Pneumonia
• Excisional Debridement of Muscle and Tendon
• Single Layer Laceration Repair

Corrections & Clarification

The third quarter newsletter also includes 2 correction notices for the following topics:

• Drainage of Lower Lobes of Lung (Previously addressed in Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 2017)
• Midfoot Fusion (Previously addressed in Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 2021)

Finally, one previously answered question is clarified:

• Klebsiella pneumoniae Sepsis due to Urinary Tract Infection (Previously addressed in Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2024)

Those are just the highlights! As always, please read the Third Quarter 2026 AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS entirely for the best source of medical coding information to apply to professional coding.