Provider Notice Issued 04/08/2021
Date: April 8. 2021
To: Enrolled Hospitals: Chief ExecutiveOfficers; Chief Financial Officers; and Patient Accounts Managers
Re: COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Performed in Hospital-BasedOutpatient Settings
This notice informs hospitals of theappropriate process for billing COVID-19 vaccine administration performed inhospital-based outpatient settings. The billing direction applies to claims forpersons covered under both traditional fee-for-service and a HealthChoice Illinois managed care plan.
As an exception to current hospitaloutpatient billing policy, the Department will reimburse COVID-19 vaccineadministration in hospital-based outpatient settings via the 837 Professional claimformat. While any qualified practitioner can administer the vaccine, hospitals mustuse the Medical Director, Chief Medical Officer, or other authorizedpractitioner name and NPI as the Rendering Provider in NM1, Rendering ProviderName, Loop 2310B, on the 837P claim. This authorized practitioner must be registeredin IMPACT. Thebilling information in NMI, Billing Provider Name, Loop 2010AA must be linkedto the Rendering Provider Name and NPI.
Institutionalclaims for vaccine administration that have already been submitted and paid shouldbe voided and the service rebilled through the professional claim format.
Thechart below identifies the current coding and rate structure for vaccineadministration. Hospitals are encouraged to refer to the COVID-19 Updates webpagefor the most up-to-date COVID-19 provider information, including updatedCOVID-19 fee schedules.
Procedure Code |
Effective Date |
Description |
Effective for Claims with DOS on or after 03/15/2021 |
91300 |
12/11/2020 |
Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 Vaccine |
N/A (currently government-supplied at no cost to the provider) |
0001A |
12/11/2020 |
Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 Vaccine Administration – First Dose |
$16.94
|
0001A |
3/15/2021 |
Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 Vaccine Administration – First Dose |
$42.14 |
0002A |
12/11/2020 |
Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 Vaccine Administration – Second Dose |
$28.39 |
0002A |
3/15/2021 |
Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 Vaccine Administration – Second Dose |
$42.14 |
91301 |
12/18/2020 |
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine |
N/A (currently government-supplied at no cost to the provider) |
0011A |
12/18/2020 |
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Administration – First Dose |
$16.94 |
0011A |
3/15/2021 |
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Administration – First Dose |
$42.14 |
0012A
|
12/18/2020 |
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Administration – Second Dose |
$ 28.39 |
0012A |
3/15/2021 |
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Administration – Second Dose |
$42.14 |
91303 |
02/27/2021 |
Janssen Covid-19 Vaccine |
N/A (currently government-supplied at no cost to the provider) |
0031A |
02/27/2021 |
Janssen Covid-19 Vaccine Administration |
$28.39 |
0031A |
03/15/2021 |
Janssen Covid-19 Vaccine Administration |