BC Advantage - 2024 Issue 8

AMA Announces CPT Update for Avian Influenza Vaccines

The American Medical Association (AMA) recently announced an editorial update to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®), the leading medical terminology code set for describing healthcare procedures and services, which includes a newly assigned provisional CPT code for vaccines to protect patients against the H5N8 strain of avian influenza (bird flu).   The provisional CPT code is effective for use on the condition the H5N8 influenza virus vaccine candidates receive emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The AMA is publishing the CPT code update now to ensure electronic systems across the U.S. healthcare...

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