CPT® Category I Vaccine Codes
The "early release" of the Category I vaccine product codes prior to publication of CPT® 2006 was approved by the CPT Editorial Panel. In recognition of the public health interest in vaccine products, the Panel has agreed that new vaccine product codes should be published prior to FDA approval. These codes are indicated with the ( 
) symbol and will be tracked by the AMA to monitor FDA approval status. Once the FDA status changes to approval, the ( ) symbol will be removed. The new vaccine product code(s) will be available through a bi-annual electronic release in January and July in a given CPT cycle to facilitate immunization reporting.
To facilitate immunization reporting, when applicable, the most recent new or revised vaccine product codes, resulting from recent Panel actions, will be published to the American Medical Association CPT Web site on July 1st and January 1st in a given CPT cycle. These dates correspond with CPT Editorial Panel meetings for each CPT cycle (June and October).
The full set of vaccine codes will be included in the next published edition for that CPT cycle. For example, if a vaccine product code was approved at the August Panel meeting, the vaccine product code would then be released for "electronic" publication the following January 1, as opposed to waiting until the next CPT publication release approximately 14 months later. All new vaccine product codes would also be included in the next published edition for that CPT cycle.
Vaccine Product Codes for CPT® 2010 and 2011
Vaccine Code Descriptors (PDF, 32KB)
Vaccine Medium Code Descriptors (PDF, 27.5KB)
Vaccine Short Code Descriptors (PDF, 27KB)
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