Travel Medicine Clinic

The Travel Medicine Clinic provides individualized preventive care and education to promote the health and safety of travelers with international destinations.

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How to prepare for your Travel Clinic visit

Schedule your visit six to eight weeks before your travel departure to allow enough time to receive any needed vaccines and allow for immunity to develop before your trip begins.

Please arrive 15 minutes in advance of your appointment time to allow for check-in.

Bring your travel itinerary, including dates of travel, regions of the countries you plan to visit, expected accommodations, and scheduled airport layovers.

Bring your current medication list and vaccination records that are not already part of your medical record. If you are a UI Health Care employee, please print your vaccine/immunization record from ReadySet and bring it with you.

The clinic provider will not be able to determine insurance coverage for your visit, vaccinations, or prescribed medications. We recommend you review the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Travelers’ Health webpage in advance to learn what are likely vaccines and medications recommended for your destination. Use the drop-down menu under the “Destinations” heading to select the country you’ll be visiting and click “go.” You will need the CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) codes listed in the tables below for vaccine information and some other fees when you contact your health insurance carrier to inquire about coverage. Medications commonly recommended for travel are also found in the tables.

A cost estimator tool for a travel clinic visit can be found within MyChart. However, the tool allows you to only inquire about one vaccine per inquiry. The CPT codes listed below are needed to use the tool. Note that the estimator automatically includes a flat physician fee for a new patient visit and a hospital fee when a vaccine CPT code is entered. However, the provider charge submitted varies with the complexity/duration of the travel assessment/counseling.

To access the estimator from MyChart, click “Menu” in top left corner, scroll down to “Billing,” and then click “Estimates.” Click “Create A New Estimate,” then type in the desired vaccine or its associated CPT code into the search bar. If you have not signed up for a MyChart account, you can use the estimator as a guest.

Clinic Administered Vaccinations:	Number of Doses: (if a series)	CPT:
Cholera Oral Vaccine		90625
Hepatitis A Vaccine	2	90632
Hepatitis A + Hepatitis B Vaccine (Twinrix)	3	90636
Hepatitis B Vaccine (Engerix-B)	3	90746
Hepatitis B Vaccine (Heplisav-B; preferred)	2	90739
Influenza Vaccine		90686
Influenza High Dose Vaccine ≥ 65 yr old		90662
Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine (Ixiaro)	2	90738
Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine (MMR)	2	90707
Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine		90734
Polio Virus, Inactivated Vaccine		90713
Rabies Vaccine	2	90675
Tetanus/Diphtheria/Acellular Pertussis (Tdap)		90715
Tetanus/Diphtheria Toxoids (Td)		90714
Typhoid Vi Polysaccharide Vaccine		90691
Yellow Fever Vaccine		90717

Prescription Medications:	Quantity Typical for 2-week Trip
Acetazolamide tab 125 mg	10 tabs
Acetazolamide tab 250 mg	6-8 tabs
Atovaquone 250 mg/Proguanil 100 mg Tab (Malarone)	23 tabs
Azithromycin tab 500 mg	3-6 tabs
Doxycycline Cap 100 mg	44 capsules
Mefloquine Tab 250 mg	8 tabs
Scopolamine patch	5 patches
Tafenoquine tab 100 mg	6 tabs
Typhoid Vaccine Oral Cap - Vivotif	1 box of 4 capsules

Other fees:	CPT:
Administration of immunization, Single	90471
Administration of immunization, Each Additional	90472
Provider Visit (note: code varies with complexity)	99204 (example)
Hospital fee (see cost estimator in MyChart)

What to expect during your Travel Clinic visit

Your provider will review your travel itinerary, planned activities, medical history, medication list, and prior vaccinations. They will also discuss precautions to help you stay well, including recommended vaccines and prescription medications to prevent or treat common or important travel-related illnesses. The vaccines that you want or are required then will be administered, and medications will be prescribed.
The visit may last up to 75 minutes, including the travel assessment and counseling and administration of vaccines. If more than one person is sharing an appointment, the total visit may require 90 minutes. If a yellow fever vaccine is administered, 15 minutes of monitoring in the clinic is required.
We see adults and children who are age 15 and older. We also see 14-year-old patients who weigh more than 100 pounds.

Note: Children who do not meet age/weight criteria to be seen in our adult Travel Clinic can be seen in the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic. To schedule an appointment, call 1-888-573-5437. Please inform the scheduler it is for a pre-travel visit.