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While the world waits on a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, a CPT code update containing a suite of six vaccine product and administration codes offers reason to ready your claims reporting systems.
 
 
You can add two new codes to your COVID-19 response kit, with the added bonus that the codes are applicable for seasonal flu testing as well.
 
 
You can complement your COVID-19 coding arsenal with two new additions -- testing code 86413 and extra services code 99072 -- as the AMA continues to build out its CPT code set in response to the ongoing public health emergency (PHE).
 
Take a first look at the CPT codes you’ll report next year for a variety of services, including the prolonged service E/M code that you can tack onto time-based E/M office visits. All told, you’ll find 207 new codes, 48 revisions and 52 deletions, according to a 2021 CPT data file released Sept. 1.
 
The AMA on June 25 issued three new CPT clinical lab codes – a new Category I microbiology code and two new proprietary “U” codes – to test patients for COVID-19.
 

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