Prescriptions cannot be guaranteed because doing so would undermine the clinical decision-making process
These improvements in health and quality of life are meaningful and deserve to be celebrated. A version of this article appeared in the February 23, 2026, issue of Womans World magazine
CPT code 96372 covers two routes only: Subcutaneous (SC) : Injection into the subcutaneous tissue layer beneath the skin, used for agents such as insulin, low-molecular-weight heparins, and some biologics Intramuscular (IM) : Injection into the muscle, used for antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, hormonal agents, and vaccines when billed under the therapeutic injection pathway Intravenous (IV) push, intra-arterial, and infusion routes are not covered by procedure code 96372 and require separate codes
And the supply-and-demand mismatch produced a gray-market secondary economy in research peptides that, by any rational read, will be remembered as one of the strangest health-consumer stories of the decade
