Thirteen Variations of Influenza Vaccines are now Approved for the 2013-14 Influenza Season!

Well Providers its that Influenza time of year again!!   Many of you have already been administering the Influenza Vaccines to your high risk patients.

Don’t forget to update the NDC numbers for each of your vaccines CPT codes before billing.  You will find these on your purchase invoice.  See the table below for the thirteen approved vaccines for the various age levels and types of strains.

Influenza Virus Strains in the 2013-2014 Vaccines

• A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-like
• A/Victoria/361/2011 (H3N2), or its antigenic equivalent
• B/Massachusetts/2/2012-like (Yamagata lineage)

Quadrivalent formulations will also include
B/Brisbane/60/2008-like (Victoria lineage)

Abbreviations used for influenza vaccines

• IIV: Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (Afluria, Fluarix, FluLaval, Fluvirin, Fluzone)
  (IIV3 = Trivalent IIV; IIV4 = Quadrivalent IIV)
• LAIV (Quadrivalent): Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (FluMist)
• RIV3: Recombinant Influenza Vaccine, Trivalent (Flublok)
• ccIIV3: Cell Culture Inactivated Influenza Vaccine, Trivalent (Flucelvax)

Concurrent Administration

Influenza vaccines may be administered concurrently with other live or inactivated vaccines.

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