AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 1 (January)

Update to Reporting Meningococcal Vaccine (January 2020)

January 2020 page 11 Update to Reporting Meningococcal Vaccine For the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2020 code set, code 90619 was added to report a meningococcal conjugate vaccine using a tetanus-toxoid carrier. In addition, the descriptor of code 90734 was revised to allow differentiation of the precise type of meningococcal vaccine and carrier from code 90619. This article illustrates the intent of these codes with clinical examples and descriptions of the procedure for a typical patient. Vaccines, Toxoids  90734Meningococcal conjugate vaccine, serogroups A, C, W, Y, quadrivalent, diphtheria toxoid carrier (MenACWY-D) or CRM197 carrier (MenACWY-CRM), for intramuscular use...

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