CPT^® 90668, Under Vaccines, Toxoids

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 90668 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Vaccines, Toxoids.

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The provider injects an altered form of an influenza split virus into a muscle to provide immunity to a specific pandemic, or geographically spreading, form of influenza, a severe and infectious respiratory disease.

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