Preventive Care & Screening: Influenza Immunization

• Patient’s age is calculated based on the patient’s Date of Birth, which is entered when you created the patient’s account.

• The Influenza vaccine is documented in Immunizations.
• Vaccine may be entered as Administer New or Add Historical.
• Make sure to enter an Order or Recorded Date for each immunization.
• If a vaccine was not administered, document the vaccine and the reason under the Not Administered.

• If "Allergy to Eggs", "Allergy to Influenza Vaccine" or "Intolerance to Influenza" are documented in Allergies, each with a Start Date, these patients will be excluded from the numerator.
• If there was a Medical, Patient or System Reason for not providing an influenza immunization, please indicate on the Exception Section.

• Create a note detailing the patient’s office visit.
• Enter Procedure Codes including E/M Codes or CPT/HCPCS Codes on the Superbill.
• Complete and sign the note.

Once all steps have been completed, the measure will be added to the Quality Report.