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Report One Code for Single-Component Vaccine

Published on Mon Sep 25, 2017

Question: Our pediatrician administered two single-component vaccines to a 14-year-old female patient. The pediatrician also counseled the patient on the vaccines during the visit. One of my colleagues thinks we should bill 90460 for the first vaccination and 90461 for the second. I think we should bill two units of 90460. Which is the correct way to bill for this encounter? [...]
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