Currently there is no specific device value for the COVID-19 booster and or third COVID-19 vaccination. Assign the sixth character device value “U,” COVID-19 vaccine, when the additional dose is provided to the patient. A proposal for a new ICD-10-PCS code was presented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid at the September 2021 ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting.
Device/Substance/Technology
| F | Other New Technology Therapeutic Substance |
| H | Other New Technology Monoclonal Antibody |
| K | Leronlimab Monoclonal Antibody |
| S | COVID-19 Vaccine Dose 1 |
| T | COVID-19 Vaccine Dose 2 |
| U | COVID-19 Vaccine |
| W | Caplacizumab |
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