V IMMUNIZATION (9000010.11)    FILE (1)

Name Value
NAME V IMMUNIZATION
DESCRIPTION
To preserve the continuity of files shared by the Indian Health Service and
  
This file contains immunizations specific to a visit for a patient. This
file contains one record for each immunization.
 
In the VA, if an immunization is entered into PCE and it has a related CPT or
ICD code, then a V CPT or V POV entry will automatically be created with the
CPT or ICD code for the immunization. The Coding System multiple of the
IMMUNIZATION file, #9999999.14, contains the mapping of the immunization to
the related CPT and ICD codes.

the Department of Veterans Affairs, this file includes fields used by Indian
Health Service that will not be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
These fields may point to other files and routines not deployed by the
Department of Veterans Affairs. Inclusion of these fields, as designed, was
approved by the DBA. These fields were initially introduced with the release
of the VISTA IMMUNIZATION ENHANCEMENTS 1.0 (PX*1*201) for the VistA
Immunization Enhancements Project. Additional fields may be included in
later enhancements.