VIS Document Code Set Update May 10, 2023
Release Notes: This release covers code updates for Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) codes and maps only.
These release notes address code updates for the following:
- NEW VIS edition for “Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13_PCV15_PCV20) VIS” with effective date of May 12, 2023
- NEW VIS edition for “Hepatitis B Vaccine VIS” with effective date of May 12, 2023
VIS Code Updates
VIS codes are created to enable provider systems to implement VIS scanning and to help automate capture of the specific VIS document edition given to the recipient or caregiver. VIS codes may be published in advance of the actual VIS document publication, but they are only in effect and useable starting on the edition date of the VIS. The URLs included in the code set will not point to the new edition until the VIS document edition date.
This release includes the following VIS related code additions and changes:
1. NEW VIS edition for “Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13_PCV15_PCV20) VIS” with effective date of May 12, 2023
One new VIS document edition record has been added and dated 05/12/2023 for “Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13_PCV15_PCV20) VIS”. This VIS supersedes the previous edition dated 02/04/2022.
In the code set files, the following has been added for the new VIS edition record:
- VIS Document Type description: “Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13_PCV15_PCV20) VIS” remains the same (*)
- New 2D barcode document identifier, “VIS Fully-encoded text string”: 253088698300049311230512
- “Edition Date”: 05/12/2023
- “Date of Last Update”: 05/12/2023
- “Edition Status”: Current
- “GDTI”: 0886983000493 and URLs same as previous edition:
- CVX codes 215, 216, 133 have been associated to the new VIS
In the code set files the previous edition for this VIS has been retired effective 05/12/2023 and the following changes made to the previous VIS edition “VIS Fully-encoded text string” is 253088698300049311220204
- “Date of Last Update”: 05/12/2023
- “Edition Status”: Historic
2. NEW VIS edition for “Hepatitis B Vaccine VIS” with effective date of May 12, 2023
One new VIS document edition record has been added and dated 05/12/2023 for “Hepatitis B Vaccine VIS”. This VIS supersedes the previous edition dated 10/15/2021.
In the code set files, the following has been added for the new VIS edition record:
- VIS Document Type description: “Hepatitis B Vaccine VIS” remains the same (*)
- New 2D barcode document identifier, “VIS Fully-encoded text string”: 253088698300005911230512
- “Edition Date”: 05/12/2023
- “Date of Last Update”: 05/12/2023
- “Edition Status”: Current
- “GDTI”: 0886983000059 and URLs same as previous edition:
- CVX codes 146, 110, 104, 220, 189, 43, 44, 08 have been associated to the new VIS
In the code set files the previous edition for this VIS has been retired effective 05/12/2023 and the following changes made to the previous VIS edition “VIS Fully-encoded text string” is 253088698300005911211015
- “Date of Last Update”: 05/12/2023
- “Edition Status”: Historic
Note: (*) VIS Document Type Descriptions in the VIS vaccine code set may not be exactly the same as the final published VIS document title.
The following two VIS code set files have been updated on the CDC website to reflect the changes in this release:
