Need for prophylactic vaccination with unspecified combined vaccine (V06.9)
ICD-9 code V06.9 for Need for prophylactic vaccination with unspecified combined vaccine is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -PERSONS WITH POTENTIAL HEALTHHAZARDS RELATED TO COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (V01-V06).
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Grandma got run over by a reindeer walking home from our house Christmas Eve. (V06.90XA: Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle (sleigh), unspecified whether traffic or no... [ Read More ]
Ignore where it says procedure code. They are just trying to let you know you no longer have to use a DX code based on each vaccine type.
Z23 is all you need to report, Well unless of course you did ... [ Read More ]
My understanding is that we use Z23 as a 2ry diagnosis but what do we use as the 1ry for the above? Before we would use V06.1, V04.89. V05.3.
The books state we must use a "procedure" code. I usually ... [ Read More ]
I have been looking in the ICD 10 guidelines for this answer and have not been able to locate it.
Come 10/01/2015 when billing a medical assistant visit for routine vaccines and admins with no offic... [ Read More ]
Hello everyone! I'm building a crosswalk to our most used codes (for my own sanity) and I'm having a difficult time with this one! It's giving me z23 but this code cannot be billed as primary. What co... [ Read More ]
[b]Case # 3 clinical added to Answer key & Rationale[/b]
Case # 3 clinical added to Answer key & Rationale
Since the clinical info wasn't included in posting of answer & rationale; and the link to ca... [ Read More ]
Why is it that sometimes we get paid for the well visit when we perform vaccines and sometimes we don't?
Child comes in for a well baby visit and gets a Dtap Vaccine.
Well child visit new patient ex:... [ Read More ]
[b]Case #3 Winner, Answer Key, & Rationale[/b]
Abi L. was the winner of case #3. See below for the answer key and rationale. Sorry for the delay on this one.
[B]ANSWER KEY[/B]
CPT: 99382, 90471, 90... [ Read More ]
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