tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 40

Physician Note: 90654: Quell Confusion About New Flu Shot Code

Plus: If hospice patient recovers, he may not be eligible for hospice.When it comes to Part B payment, you can't always count on an "effective date" being the same thing as a "coverage date." Such is the case with 90654 (Influenza virus vaccine, split virus, preservative-free, for intradermal use), which debuted on Jan. 1, 2011, but was too late to make the 2011 CPT® book so it makes its first appearance in the 2012 manual. Even though the code was added "effective January 1, 2011," it didn't become payable by Medicare until May 9, 2011, a...

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