DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 9 (September)

Seasonal flu vaccines contain ‘swine flu' strain, pandemic is over

The swine flu/H1N1 scare is over and you won't be separately billing for swine flu during the 2010-2011 flu season. The seasonal flu vaccines you administer to your patients this flu season will have strains of the H1N1 virus included. "There is no longer a pandemic but it's in there," says Cynthia Hughes, CPC, the American Academy of Family Physicians' (AAFP) coding and compliance specialist.

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to the DecisionHealth Newsletters.

Official DecisionHealth® Newsletter Archives includes:

  • Includes over 25,000 articles from:
    • Coder Pink Sheets
    • Part B News
    • Answer Books newsletters
  • Current newsletters added each quarter
  • Timely news and guidance vital for your practice
  • Fully searchable through Find-A-Code's Comprehensive Search
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to the Find-A-Code Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
  • Save yourself tons of research time, find everything in one place!
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • DecisionHealth Coding, Billing and Compliance Library

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.