Primary Care Coding Alert

Question: Will there be any new vaccine codes for coders in 2008? Tennessee Subscriber Answer: Yes. There will be six new vaccine product codes, effective Jan. 1: - 90661 -- Influenza virus vaccine, derived from cell cultures, subunit, preservative and antibiotic free, for intramuscular use - 90662 -- Influenza virus vaccine, split virus, preser- vative free, enhanced immunogenicity via increased antigen content, for intramuscular use - 90663 -- Influenza virus vaccine, pandemic formulation - - 90650 -- Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, types 16 and 18, bivalent, 3 dose schedule, for intramuscular use - - 90681 -- Rotavirus vaccine, human, attenuated, 2 dose schedule, live, for oral use - - 90696 -- Diphtheria, tetanus toxoids, acellular pertussis vaccine and poliovirus vaccine, inactivated (DTaP-IPV),-when administered to children 4 years through 6 years of age, for intramuscular use. Watch out: Codes 90650, 90681 and 90696 will not appear in the 2008 CPT manual because they were approved after the publication deadline.-But they are effective on Jan. 1, 2008, according to the AMA. For proof of these codes to submit to insurers, go to www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/362/vaccinecodes.pdf.