The American Medical Association (AMA) has approved a Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code specific to a radiology artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.
The creation of a CPT code allows imaging facilities to code for reimbursement to pay for use of AI to analyze radiology images, according to AI developer Zebra Medical Vision. The company said the CPT code could be used to apply for reimbursement of its VCF (vertebral compression fracture) algorithm.
Zebra Medical said the CPT III code was submitted to the AMA's editorial panel by the RSNA, the American College of Radiology, the American Roentgen Ray Society, and the Association of University Radiologists.
This story has been updated to reflect the fact that the CPT code applies to multiple AI algorithms and not just those from a single vendor.
![A normal mammogram confirmed by three-year radiologic follow-up illustrates reader-marked regions of interest (ROIs) during (A) unaided (round 1) and (B) artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted (round 2) reading. Each colored dot represents an ROI for recall by a human reader. Readers could mark more than one ROI per case, represented by multiple dots of the same color. During AI-assisted reading, the AI system displayed three visible prompts: two with suspicion of malignancy scores of 35% (left mediolateral oblique [L MLO] and craniocaudal [L CC]) and one with a suspicion of malignancy score of 10% (right craniocaudal [R CC]), shown as polygonal overlays. Without AI, six of 10 readers (60%) marked a false-positive ROI. With AI assistance, this fell to two of 10 (20%). R MLO = right mediolateral oblique.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/2026-07-14-radiology-mammogram-ai-auto-bias.H0bYO8QlWs.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
