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coronavirus vaccine and dosing schedule for better tracking, reporting and analysis of patient vaccinations. These CPT codes were available prior to the public availabil- ity of the COVID-19 vaccines to facilitate updating of health care electronic systems across the U.S. To help ensure accurate coding and reporting of COVID-19 vaccines and administration services, the AMA offers a vaccine code finder resource to help iden- tify the appropriate CPT code combination for the type and dose of COVID-19 vaccine provided to each patient. The 2022 CPT code set also includes an appendix for one- stop access to all the codes for COVID-19 vaccine reporting.


The COVID-19 vaccine and administra-


tion codes are among 405 editorial changes in the 2022 CPT code set, including 249 new codes, 63 deletions and 93 revisions. The CPT code set continues to see growth in new and novel areas of medicine with 43% of editorial changes tied to new tech- nology services described in Category III CPT codes and the continued expansion of the Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) section of the CPT code set.


Changes to the CPT code set are con- sidered through an open editorial process managed by the CPT Editorial Panel, an independent body convened by the AMA that collects broad input from the health- care community and beyond to ensure CPT content reflects the coding demands of digital health, precision medicine, aug- mented intelligence and other aspects of a modern healthcare system. This rigorous editorial process keeps the CPT code set current with contemporary medical science and technology so it can fulfill its vital role as the trusted language of medicine today and the code to its future.


Other important additions to the 2022 CPT code set respond to the fast pace of innovation in digital medicine services that can improve health care access and enhance outcomes for patients across the country. This is illustrated by the creation of five new CPT codes (8, 8, 8, 880, 881) to report therapeutic remote monitoring, an increasingly important avenue of patient care especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. These codes expand on the remote physiologic monitor- ing codes that were created in 2020 (99453, 44, 4, 48).


As digital medicine services have quickly expanded in recent years, the CPT code set has responded with a unique educational guide. A new appendix included in the 2022 CPT code set provides a taxonomy for digital medicine services that supports increased awareness and understanding


of approaches to patient care through the multifaceted digital medicine services available for reporting in the CPT code set. The CPT Editorial Panel also created new codes for principal care manage- ment (424, 42, 42, 42), which allow physicians and qualified healthcare professionals to report care management services for patients with one complex chronic condition. Medicare policy for principal care management services has been evolving and the new CPT codes,


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along with revisions to existing CPT codes for care management, better align with Medicare guidelines. These CPT changes add to nearly a decade of coding content work that respond to the reporting needs of physicians and others who help man- age the chronic conditions of America’s aging population. Coding books and products, including the CPT Professional 2022 codebook, are available from the AMA Storefront on Amazon. HPN


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