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Know The Diagnosis Code For Reporting Cervical Vaccine

Published on Wed Jun 01, 2016

Question: Our FP recently administered Gardasil injection for a female patient. What diagnosis code should I report for this encounter? Kansas Subscriber Answer: Gardasil is a vaccine that your clinician will typically administer to female patients to protect them from cervical cancer. This vaccine protects women from cervical cancer primarily by preventing infection with human papilloma virus (HPV), specifically HPV strains 16 [...]
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