tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 37

CPT 2008: New Vaccine Codes Are Official For Jan. 1, Even If They're Not In The Book

Inoculate yourself against ignorance of new vaccination codesYou'll have six new vaccination codes starting in January--but only three of them will be in your CPT book.The American Medical Association (AMA) released three new influenza vaccination codes (90661-90663) on July 1, even though they're not effective until Jan. 1. These codes cover flu vaccines which are derived from cell cultures (90661), split virus (90662) and pandemic formulation (90663). But the AMA's CPT Editorial Panel approved three other vaccination codes in June--too late to go into the 2008 CPT book. The codes will still take effect in January, but they...

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