A82. 9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM A82.
ICD-10 requires only one code (Z23) per vaccination, regardless if single or combination. Report Z23 for all vaccination diagnoses.
According to ICD-10-CM guidelines, clinicians may assign code Z28. 310, “Unvaccinated for COVID-19,” when the patient has not received a dose of any COVID-19 vaccine. Clinicians may assign code Z28.
For the rabies vaccine, use CPT code 90471 (immunization administration, 1 vaccine). For the rabies immune globulin, use CPT code 96372 (IM / subcutaneous injection of a therapeutic drug.
Code Z23 is used to indicate any encounter for a vaccination. The procedure codes are used to identify the type of the immunization given and how it was administered.
Inoculations and Vaccinations ICD-10-CM Coding Code Z23, which is used to identify encounters for inoculations and vaccinations, indicates that a patient is being seen to receive a prophylactic inoculation against a disease.
(For information on what constitutes “fully vaccinated,” visit the CDC's website.) New code Z28. 39 is for reporting when a patient is not current on other, non-COVID vaccines.
Z23 may be used as a primary diagnosis for immunizations in the OP and physician setting.
ICD-10-PCS will be the official system of assigning codes to procedures associated with hospital utilization in the United States. ICD-10-PCS codes will support data collection, payment and electronic health records. ICD-10-PCS is a medical classification coding system for procedural codes.
Code 90471 is used when the drug is administrated by a medical assistant or nurse and the patient does not see the physician at all. This code would also be used for any patient 19 years of age or older regardless if physician is present and does face-to-face counseling.
CPT® code 96372: Injection of drug/substance under skin or into muscle | American Medical Association. Overdose Epidemic.
Immunization administration for90472: Immunization administration for percutaneous, intra-dermal, subcutaneous or intramuscular injections, each additional vaccine.