2012 CPT® Updates: Learn CPT® 2012 Updates in Next Two Months

Updates to vaccine, E/M, Dermatology procedures.

CPT® 2012 goes into effect in a matter of weeks, so prepare 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 90655-90657 that already addressed influenza vaccines.

Two factors separate 90654 from the other flu vaccine codes:

• Code 90654 is not age specific, whereas 90655-90657 specify the [...]
  
  - Published on 2011-11-17