BC Advantage - 2022 Issue 4

AMA Announces CPT Update for COVID-19 Booster Candidates

The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced an editorial update to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®), the nation's leading medical terminology code set for describing healthcare procedures and services, that includes newly assigned provisional CPT codes for COVID-19 booster candidates from Pfizer and Sanofi-GlaxoSmithKline.The Pfizer booster candidate is proposed for use in children ages 5 to 11 who have completed a COVID-19 vaccine primary series, while the Sanofi-GSK booster candidate is proposed for use in persons aged 18 and older who have completed a COVID-19 vaccine primary series.Each provisional CPT code is effective for use on the...

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