I got a V64.05 (refusal to vaccinate)

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has anyone gotten this codes from their pediatrician? What can happen if

one gets V64.05? I am a little concerned that it cannot be good. We use

religious exemptions in school and I told doc that is the reason, yet he didnt

use that code (V64.07).

These are some ICD codes being used:

V64.00 Vaccination not carried out, unspecified reason

V64.01 Vaccination not carried out because of acute illness

V64.02 Vaccination not carried out because of chronic illness or condition

V64.03 Vaccination not carried out because of immune compromised state

V64.04 Vaccination not carried out because of allergy to vaccine or component

V64.05 Vaccination not carried out because of caregiver refusal

V64.06 Vaccination not carried out because of patient refusal

V64.07 Vaccination not carried out for religious reasons

V64.08 Vaccination not carried out because patient had disease being

vaccinated against

V64.09 Vaccination not carried out for other reason

Thank you.

[Guest guest]

Where did you see the code written? Is this something for the insurance companies?

Winnie I got a V64.05 (refusal to vaccinate)Vaccinations > has anyone gotten this codes from their pediatrician? What can > happen if> one gets V64.05? I am a little concerned that it cannot be good. > We use religious exemptions in school and I told doc that is the > reason, yet he didnt use that code (V64.07).> > These are some ICD codes being used:> > V64.00 Vaccination not carried out, unspecified reason> V64.01 Vaccination not carried out because of acute illness> V64.02 Vaccination not carried out because of chronic illness or > conditionV64.03 Vaccination not carried out because of immune > compromised state> V64.04 Vaccination not carried out because of allergy to vaccine > or component> V64.05 Vaccination not carried out because of caregiver refusal> V64.06 Vaccination not carried out because of patient refusal> V64.07 Vaccination not carried out for religious reasons> V64.08 Vaccination not carried out because patient had disease being> vaccinated against> V64.09 Vaccination not carried out for other reason> > Thank you.> > > > > >

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Those are procedure codes - they are standardized so the doc office medical

billing person enters these codes when they send the claims to your insurance

company - usually electronically.

HCPCS and ICD-9 codes are diagnosis codes.

Pretty much every insurance company in the country uses these.

If you look when you go to the doctor, usually the form they hand you when you

go check out - it will have these codes already on there for the popular stuff

and the doc checks off what they did...helps the person doing the billing with

the coding for the claim.

If you look at your EOBs you get after insurance pays - they'll probably show

the codes too - so you can see what the doc billed them for.

That refusal code is pretty crummy....insurance companies could - in theory -

query members by codes to see who is refusing, who has what illnesses etc...

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> Where did you see the code written? Is this something for the insurance

companies?

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> Winnie

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