2019 Vaccine Guide & Insert - 16

INFLUENZA
Influenza
How serious is influenza?
Although many people think of influenza as just a common cold, it is really a specific and serious
respiratory infection that can result in hospitalization and death.
In the United States, the number of influenza-associated deaths has increased since 1990. This
increase is due in part to the substantial increase in the number of people age 65 years or older who
are at increased risk for death from influenza complications. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) estimates that from the 1976-77 influenza season to the 2006-07 season,
influenza-associated deaths ranged from a low of about 3,000 to a high of about 49,000 each year.
Estimates for the 2015-16 season were 25 million influenza illnesses, 11 million influenza-related
medical visits, 310,000 influenza-related hospitalizations, and 12,000 deaths.

Health experts
recommend that patients
should be vaccinated
by the end of October.
Vaccination should
continue into the winter
and spring, even until
April or May. Travelers
should be aware that
the influenza season
typically occurs from
April to September
in the Southern
Hemisphere and
throughout the year
in the tropics. If they
missed vaccination in
the previous season,
they should still be
vaccinated before
they travel, even if
it's in the following
spring or summer.

Influenza disease can occur among people of all ages; however, the risks for complications,
hospitalizations, and deaths are higher among people age 65 years or older, young children,
and people of any age who have certain medical conditions. Pregnancy also increases the risk
for serious medical complications from influenza.
Risk for influenza-associated death is highest among the oldest of the elderly: people age 85 years
and older are 16 times more likely to die from an influenza-associated illness than people age
65-69 years.
There were 180 laboratory-confirmed influenza-related pediatric deaths reported during the
2017-18 influenza season. During the H1N1 pandemic (April 2009 through September 2010),
348 influenza-related deaths in children were reported.
Who should get influenza vaccine?
Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for all people ages 6 months and older who do not
have a contraindication to the vaccine.
Source: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4208.pdf
CPT Information
Administration CPT Code without
physician counseling

90471, 90472, 90473 or 90474

Administration CPT Code with
physician counseling

90460 or 90461

Afluria Quad MDV, 6 months+

90688

Afluria Quad PFS, 6 months+

90686

Afluria Quad PFS, 6-35 mos
Fluad PFS, 65 years+

90653

Flucelvax Quad MDV, 4 years+

90756

Flucelvax Quad PFS, 4 years+

90674

Fluzone Quad Ped PFS, 6-35 mos

90685

Fluzone Quad MDV, 6 months+

90687 (6‐35 months); 90688 (3 years and up)

Fluzone Quad SDV, 6 months+

90686

Fluzone Quad PFS, 6 months+

90686

Fluzone TIV High‐Dose, 65 years+

90662

Flublok QIV PFS, 18 years+

90682

Flulaval Quad MDV, 6 months+

90688

Flulaval Quad PFS, 6 months+

90686

Fluarix Quad PFS, 6 months+

90686

For informational purposes only. Source: ReimbursementCodes.com and/or www.cms.gov. Customer is responsible for verification of billing/coding in accordance with applicable specific circumstances.
See manufacturer package insert for full prescribing information.
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