Primary Care Coding Alert

Don't miss revisions to other vaccine, E/M codes. CPT® 2012 goes into effect in a matter of weeks, so prepare now for new and revised choices related to vaccine administration and prolonged E/M service to ensure your claims stay accurate. Look for Official Inclusion of 90654 CPT® 2012 adds another choice to your flu vaccine coding with the inclusion of 90654 (Influenza virus vaccine, split virus, preservative-free, for intradermal use). The addition expands on the code family 90655-90668 that already addressed influenza vaccines. Two factors separate 90654 from many of the other flu vaccine codes: Code 90654 is not age specific, whereas codes 90655-90658 specify the patient's age (either 6 to 35 months of age, or age 3 years and older). Code 90654 represents an intradermal injection (administered to the dermal layer of skin), whereas other codes (e.g. 90655-90658 and 90662) describe intramuscular injections (administered to muscle tissue) and intranasal [...]