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Shift 90650 HPV Vaccine From 'Pending' to 'Approved' List of Choices

Published on Thu Jun 03, 2010

Hint: Watch updated status for several flu vaccines. If July came and went without you reading through the American Medical Association's new and revised vaccine and Category III codes, slow down and take a closer look. Check the updated status classifications for several vaccine codes and prepare to use them, now that the FDA has given its green light. Code 90650 Gains FDA Clearance The AMA published a new code for Human Pailloma virus (HPV) vaccine on its website in October 2009. CPT 2010 does not include 90650 (Human Papilloma virus [HPV] vaccine, types 16, 18, bivalent, 3 dose schedule, for intramuscular use), but you've been able to report it following payer guidelines. "The CPT coding process allows for development of new codes and numbers, but they don't become active until FDA approved," explains Richard L. Tuck, MD, FAAP, a pediatrician at PrimeCare of Southeastern Ohio in Zanesville. New codes [...]
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