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Code Cervical Vaccine against HPV Virus

Published on Thu Oct 07, 2010

Question: A patient comes in to the office for Gardasil injection. What diagnosis should we use for this? California Subscriber Answer: Code V04.89 (Need for prophylactic vaccination and inoculation against certain viral diseases; other viral diseases) for Gardasil injections. This vaccine protects women from cervical cancer primarily by preventing infection with human papilloma virus (HPV), specifically HPV strains 16 and 18, which cause the majority of cervical cancer cases. HPV has been identified as the main causative agent for cervical cancer. The vaccine not only prevents cervical cancer but also prevents other forms of cancer, such as anal, vulvar, vaginal, and penile (therefore, technically, the vaccination could also be given to males, although this is currently not recommended). In addition, Gardasil also prevents women from getting genital warts (venereal warts), which are also caused primarily by HPV strains 6 and 11. Gardasil injections can be given to females as young [...]
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