AMA CPT® Assistant - 1999 Issue 9 (September)

Medicine/Vaccine (Q&A) (September 1999)

September 1999 page 10d Coding Consultation Vaccine, Medicine, 90476-90748 (Q&A) Question I do not understand what "combination vaccine" means. Would you please clarify this for me? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, combination vaccines are composed of several vaccines in a single dosage, which can be administered by a single injection. A combination vaccine offers several advantages, including, sparing the patient from multiple injections, usually costs less than two separate vaccines, and simplifies immunization schedules, which may increase patient compliance. All of the CPT "combination" immunization codes describe one injection, meaning that all the vaccines were given...

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