Home Health & Hospice Week
Check Out New Vaccination CPT Code
You can get to know several new vaccine codes this year. The American Medical Asso-ciation has approved new CPT® code 90673 (Influ-enza virus vaccine, trivalent, derived from recombinant DNA [RIV3], hemagglutnin [HA] protein only, preservative and antibiotic free, for intramuscular use), which was just released on July 1.
The other codes that CPT® announced will make their way into CPT® 2014 may not be in the code book yet, but have already been valid to report since Jan. 1. However, most home care providers may not find use for the codes pertaining to children. The new codes include 90685 — Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent, split virus, preservative free, when administered to children 6-35 months of age, for intramuscular use; 90686 — ...when administered to individuals 3 years of age and older, for intramuscular use; 90687 — Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent, split virus, when administered to children 6-35 months of age, for intramuscular use; and 90688 — ...when administered to individuals 3 years of age and older, for intramuscular use.
To read about the new vaccine codes, visit www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cpt/vaccine-codes.pdf.
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