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AMA Announces New CPT® Category I Codes for Vaccines

AMA Announces New CPT® Category I Codes for Vaccines

The American Medical Association (AMA) has introduced five new Category I CPT® codes and revised one existing code for vaccine reporting. These updates - covering RSV, COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), and influenza - were approved by the CPT® Editorial Panel for the 2026 code set and will go into effect July 1, 2025.

 

What's New

 

For CPT® purposes, "immunization" encompasses vaccines/toxoids, immune globulins, serum, or recombinant products.

 

New Codes:

 

  • 90382 – RSV, monoclonal antibody, seasonal dose (0.7 mL), intramuscular

  • 91323 – COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine, mRNA-LNP, 10 mcg/0.2 mL, intramuscular

  • 90635 – Influenza (H5N1), cell culture-derived, adjuvanted, intramuscular

  • 90612 – Trivalent influenza + COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine, mRNA-LNP, 31.7 mcg/0.32 mL, intramuscular

  • 90613 – Quadrivalent influenza + COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine, mRNA-LNP, 40 mcg/0.4 mL, intramuscular

 

Revised Code:

 

  • 90620 – Meningococcal recombinant protein and outer membrane vesicle vaccine, Serogroup B (MenB-4C), 2-dose series, intramuscular

 

For full descriptions and guidance, refer to the official AMA CPT® immunization code set online.

 

Source: AMA

 

 

 
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