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CPT® 2013 Update:

Update Your 2013 Vaccine Coding With These Adjustments

Published on Thu Dec 27, 2012

Plus: Also watch out for these new options that won’t be in the CPT® book yet. If newly introduced influenza vaccines such as the quadrivalent or the inactivated adjuvanated vaccines were creating coding dilemmas, you can now rest easy as CPT® 2013 has increased your coding options by creating new codes while making changes to some of the old ones. Read on for the latest news from the American Medical Association (AMA) and what changes you should be ready for. Prepare for ‘Official’ and Revised Vaccine Codes Several code changes will impact your reporting in 2013, affecting your influenza and hepatitis B vaccine administrations. FDA ok: In CPT® 2012, code 90644 (Meningococcal conjugate vaccine, serogroups C & Y and Hemophilus influenza B vaccine [Hib-MenCY], 4-dose schedule, when administered to children 2-15 months of age, for intramuscular use) included a lightning bolt symbol because it was awaiting FDA approval. The FDA approved the [...]
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