Flu Shot

Get payment allowances & effective dates for the 2024–2025 season.

This content is for health care providers. If you're a person with Medicare, learn more about flu shots.

What’s New for the 2024-2025 Season

All U.S. flu vaccines this season are trivalent (3 virus) vaccines and were updated from last season’s vaccines to provide optimal protection.

The CDC recommends annual flu shots for everyone 6 months and older each flu season. September and October are the best times for most people to get vaccinated.
Medicare Part B covers the seasonal flu shot.
We cover additional flu shots if medically necessary. Patients can get flu shots twice in a calendar year during 2 different flu seasons, and we’ll pay for both shots.
Your patients pay nothing if you accept assignment. There’s no copayment, coinsurance, or deductible.
Find out when your patients are eligible for the flu shot (PDF). We give information for dates of service in the last 18 months:
- CPT or HCPCS codes
- Dates of service
- NPIs who administered the shots

If you need help, contact your eligibility service provider.

All providers who administer the flu shot must accept assignment.
You may use roster billing or submit an individual claim. Learn more about roster billing, mass immunizers, and centralized billing.
Entities, like local health facilities, must get an NPI (PDF) if they’ve never submitted Medicare claims.
Starting on January 1, 2024, you may bill for an additional payment for administering the flu vaccine to Medicare patients in their homes under certain circumstances. Learn more about the In-Home Vaccine Administration: Additional Payment.
Skilled nursing facility enforcement discretion for pharmacy billing ended on June 30, 2023.

ICD-10 Code: Z23

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10/08/2024 03:56 PM