Pediatric Coding Alert
New Vaccine Code
Florida Subscriber
Answer: Yes, the American Medical Association (AMA) proactively released the new code for CPT 2001 earlier this year. But the vaccine itself is still in the early stages, so you may not actually be able to use it until later in 2001. The rationale for assigning a code before a product is ready is that once the vaccine is released, then the code will be there so physicians can bill for it and be reimbursed.
The down side of releasing a code like this early, of course, is that some insurance companies will start bundling all of those vaccines together. Currently, the vaccine combination that 90723 will represent is given in three separate injections DtaP, Hepatitis B and poliovirus.
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