Coding flu shots: immunize against lost revenue.

W ith health officials expanding their flu shot recommendations to cover more age groups and with a record 132 million doses of flu vaccine expected to be available for the upcoming flu season, it’s a busy time of year for family medicine practices everywhere. Once flu season hits, there’s rarely time to stop and look up the fine points of coding flu shots. So as you prepare to provide this preventive service to your patients, take some time today to review the administration, diagnosis and vaccine codes for reporting flu shots. And if you’re thinking, “Before I worry about vaccine coding, I need to make sure I’m going to get my vaccine supply,” please see “A word about vaccine supply” on page 38.