Pneumococcal Vaccine cheat sheet

(Originally posted on: October 13, 2016

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Relevant EPIC orders:

PPSV23 =’Pneumococcal Polysaccharide PPSV-23’ = ‘Pneumovax’ = ‘IMM53’

PCV13 = ‘Pneumocococcal Conjugate PCV 13’ = ‘Prevnar-13’ = ‘IMM78’

Please link to appropriate diagnosis:

1. ‘need for prophylactic vaccination against strep pneumococcus’ (Z23) added to Quick Dx section
2. also associate relevant diagnosis (asthma, copd, chronic immunosuppression) if <65 yo ---------
More details including Epic ordering codes and references.

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