HeatherB_67613
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I'm going over a practice question I have and it has me a little confused and I was hoping someone could help me understand it a little better!
The questions states:
"A 5 year old boy was seen today for immunizations prior to beginning school. After counseling by the PA, he received diphtheria, tetanus toxoid, acellular pertussis, haemophilius influenza Type B, and polio virus as a single injection. Additionally, he received MMRV subcutaneously."
Now it says the answer to this question is:
90698, 90710, 90460, 90461, Z23.
My question is, when you have multiple vaccines that are given (with counseling) do you just code 90460 for the first vaccine and then 90461 for each additional vaccine? And then when you have just a single vaccine you would code each component of that vaccine, right? For instance MMR you would code 90460, 90461x2. Is my understanding of this correct?
You only code the components of a vaccine when there is a single vaccine being administered, right?
Thank you!
The questions states:
"A 5 year old boy was seen today for immunizations prior to beginning school. After counseling by the PA, he received diphtheria, tetanus toxoid, acellular pertussis, haemophilius influenza Type B, and polio virus as a single injection. Additionally, he received MMRV subcutaneously."
Now it says the answer to this question is:
90698, 90710, 90460, 90461, Z23.
My question is, when you have multiple vaccines that are given (with counseling) do you just code 90460 for the first vaccine and then 90461 for each additional vaccine? And then when you have just a single vaccine you would code each component of that vaccine, right? For instance MMR you would code 90460, 90461x2. Is my understanding of this correct?
You only code the components of a vaccine when there is a single vaccine being administered, right?
Thank you!