AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 11 (November)

Vaccines and Toxoids: 2018 and 2019 Changes (November 2018)

November 2018 pages 7-8 Vaccines and Toxoids: 2018 and 2019 Changes Several changes have been made to the Medicine/Vaccines, Toxoids subsection of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2018 and 2019 code sets. For 2018, four new vaccine codes were established, three codes were revised, and an editorial change was made in the Introduction section of the CPT code set to clarify the intention for early release of vaccine codes. In addition, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval pending symbol () was removed from codes 90739 (hepatitis B vaccine adult dosage) and 90750 (zoster [shingles] vaccine) in...

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