CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 16, 2015

A pediatrician administers a vaccine with counseling and reports code 90460 (REVISED IN 2012), Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route of administration, with counseling by physician or other qualified health care professional; first or only component of each vaccine or toxoid administered. The physician then gives a booster vaccine of a series and does not offer counseling for this separate injection. How would the second injection be reported? The parenthetical note following add-on code 90472, Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections); each additional vaccine (single or combination vaccine/toxoid) (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure), says to use code 90472 in conjunction with code 90460?

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