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Whether it is needed or not depends upon why you are coding it. If for a provider claim, then most insurers will need that code on the claim if you are billing for the immunization, but that will be an insurer's requirement that varies.
The ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for Need for prophylactic vaccination against influenza is V04.81.
The ICD-9-CM procedure code for administration of the vaccine is 99.52, Prophylactic vaccination against influenza.
CPT 90658 is no longer valid for Medicare claims for vaccination, as of 1/1/11.
Medicare requires HCPCS code G0008 in place of the CPT code.
Plus, Medicare has developed five new HCPCS codes for government study of the flu vaccines by manufacturer brand name:
- Q2035 Afluria
- Q2036 Flulaval
- Q2037 Fluvirin
- Q2038 Fluzone
- Q2039 Not Otherwise Specified brand (NOS)
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What is the code for the avian flu?
The name of the strain of virus that causes the Avian (Bird) flu is H5N1.If you are asking for the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code, the new 2010 code for the Avian flu is 488.0.
Should you get a Swine Flu vaccination if you got a seasonal flu shot?
Last flu season, 2009-2010, you needed two shots. But this year the seasonal flu shot also protects against swine flu, so, in the US, you only need one flu shot for the 2010-2011 flu season.
Is it necessary to get the Swine Flu shot every year?
That will only be needed if a new mutation of the swine flu occurs that the current swine flu vaccine isn't able to prevent. In the 2009-2010 flu season in the US two shots were need, the regular seasonal flu shot and the H1N1/09 Swine flu shot. But in the current 2010-2011 flu season in the US, the seasonal flu vaccination contains the vaccine for swine flu in addition to the other varieties of flu that are expected to be circulating. So only one shot is needed this year for protection in the flu season.
How do you use syringe in a sentence?
The nurse used a syringe to administer the patient's medication.
What is a simile for flu shot?
the flu shot was as painful as a bee sting.
How do you get the flu when you already got a flu shot?
There are many different types of flu and the seasonal flu shot only prevents three of the most likely to be circulating flu viruses. So if you happened to get exposed to a type of flu that wasn't in the vaccination, then you could get sick from it.Another reason might be that you caught the flu before you got the flu shot and so there was not time for the shot to work before you got sick.Another reason might be that you got the shot and then were exposed to the flu before your immune system could give you immunity from the vaccination. It takes around two weeks after getting the vaccination for an adult to have full immunity from it. For children under 10, a series of two vaccinations are needed given approximately a month apart, then it takes another few weeks before the body has developed the full immunity, so exposure during any of those time frames before full immunity can cause illness in those children.
Where can you get a Swine Flu shot?
In the US in the 2012-2013 flu season, the H1N1/09 swine flu vaccine is included once again in the "regular" trivalent and quadravalent vaccines that have been prepared for the seasonal flu. No separate vaccination is needed.
Why get a flu shot?
So you don't get the flu.
You are taking amox-clav can you still get the flu shot?
Yes, you can still get the flu shot. The flu shot should not be gotten if you are currently ill, but if you are on antibiotics, it is OK to get.
Should you get a flu shot with a sinus infection?
You have to wait until your better then you get the flu shot
Is the Swine Flu shot really a shot?
They don't shoot you, and it isn't a 'shot' of a drink, it's a needle in the arm. In the 2009-2010 flu season there was a mist as well as a shot for the vaccination for swine flu. In the 2010-2011 flu season the vaccine for swine flu protection is included in the one vaccination for the seasonal flu.
What is the diagnosis to use when billing for flu vaccinations?
Need for prophylactic vaccination and inoculation against influenza ~ ICD-9-CM code V04.81
