AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2017 Issue 1; For Your Information

New HCPCS codes for certain drugs, biologicals and radiopharmaceuticals

Several new HCPCS codes were created for the reporting of drugs and biologicals in the hospital outpatient setting. The new codes are listed in the following table: CY 2017 HCPCS codeCY 2017 Long descriptor90682 Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent (RIV4), derived from recombinant DNA, hemagglutinin (HA) protein only, preservative and antibiotic free, for intramuscular use 90750 Zoster (shingles) vaccine (HZV), recombinant, sub-unit, adjuvanted, for intramuscular injection A9587 Gallium ga-68, dotatate, diagnostic, 0.1 millicurie A9588 Fluciciovine f-18, diagnostic, 1 millicurie A9597 Positron emission tomography radiopharmaceutical, diagnostic, for tumor identification, not otherwise classified A9598 Positron emission tomography radiopharmaceutical, diagnostic, for non-tumor...

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