Pediatric Coding Alert

How to count components for Boostrix, Pediarix --" and other immunizations. Excited by the new vaccine administration codes' payment per component but not sure how many components specific vaccines have? This chart does the work for you. Find the product name for a quick cross reference to how many components the vaccine includes and the administration with counseling code combination to report using the new pediatric/adolescent codes. Note: The ICD-9 vaccine product code listed in the chart uses the generalized vaccine product code (V06.8, Need for prophylactic vaccination and inoculation against other combinations of diseases). For vaccine administration provided outside of a preventive medicine service, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends using V06.8 for combination vaccines that do not have their own individual single ICD-9 code.