Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04), Ch. 18 § 10.2.2
Claims Submitted to MACs Using Institutional Formats
10.2.2 - Claims Submitted to MACs Using Institutional Formats
(Rev. 11355; Issued:04-14-22; Effective:05-16-22; Implementation:05-16-22)
The applicable types of bill acceptable when billing for influenza virus, pneumococcal and
COVID-19 vaccines are 012x, 013x, 022x, 023x, 034x, 072x, 075x, 081x, 082x, and 085x.
Contractors shall refer to § 10.3.2 for applicable billing requirements for mass
immunization.
The following revenue codes are used for reporting vaccines and administration of the
vaccines for all providers except RHCs and FQHCs. Independent and provider based RHCs
and FQHCs follow §10.2.2.2 below when billing for influenza virus, pneumococcal,
hepatitis B, and COVID-19 vaccines.
Units and HCPCS codes are required with revenue code 0636:
Revenue Code
Description
0636
Pharmacy, Drugs requiring detailed coding (a)
0771
Preventive Care Services, Vaccine Administration
In addition, for the influenza virus vaccine, providers report condition code M1 when roster
billing. See roster billing instructions in §10.3 of this chapter.
When vaccines are provided to inpatients of a hospital or SNF, they are covered under the
vaccine benefit. However, the hospital bills on type of bill 012x using the discharge date of
the hospital stay or the date benefits are exhausted. A SNF submits type of bill 022x for its
Part A inpatients.