Second Booster Dose for Select COVID-19 Boosters Now a Benefit

Note: This article was updated on June 16, 2022. Updates are designated with a plus (+).

Effective for dates of service (DOS) on or after March 29, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, to allow for use of a second booster dose, to be administered at least four months after initial booster dose, to the following groups for each respective vaccine:

Pfizer-BioNTech:

• Individuals 12 years of age or older with certain kinds of immunocompromise. This includes individuals who have undergone solid organ transplantation, or who are living with conditions that are considered to have an equivalent level of immunocompromise.


• Individuals 50 years of age and older.

Moderna:

• Individuals 18 years of age or older with certain kinds of immunocompromise. This includes individuals who have undergone solid organ transplantation, or who are living with conditions that are considered to have an equivalent level of immunocompromise.


• Individuals 50 years of age and older.

Providers may now submit claims for second booster dose administration using the following codes:

• Pfizer:


• Administration Code 0004A for the originally authorized formulation (phosphate buffered saline)


• Administration Code 0054A is for the Tris buffered formulation


• Moderna


• Administration Code 0064A


• + Administration Code 0094A for new booster dose formulation (50 mcg/0.5 ml)

A booster dose of any manufacturer cannot be billed for the same recipient more than once on the same DOS.

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