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Coding Recommendations - Feature Article 11/15/00
   

Procedure Practice
 

Assign ICD-9-CM codes to the following coding scenarios:
   

Example 1:
A newborn delivered vaginally in the hospital to a cocaine-addicted mother exhibits signs of drug withdrawal.
 
Example 2:
An infant was delivered in the hospital at 29 weeks gestation due to incompetent maternal cervix.
 
Example 3:
A premature infant born at another facility was transferred for additional care due to feeding problems and newborn hypothermia.
  
Example 4:
Twin newborns delivered vaginally in the hospital to an alcoholic mother show signs of fetal alcohol syndrome.a
  
Example 5:
Newborn delivered via cesarean section after 42.5 weeks gestation, weight 4201 g.
 
Example 6:
16-year-old boy is admitted for treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
 
Example 7:
34-week infant weighing 2397 g delivered via mid-forceps with resultant fractured clavicle.
 
Example 8:
Post-term newborn delivered via cesarean section with meconium pneumonitis.
 
Example 9:
33½ week preterm infant delivered vaginally in the hospital receives phototherapy and exchange transfusions for physiologic jaundice.
 
Example 10:
Newborn delivered at home and admitted following birth with acute blood loss anemia due to hemorrhage of umbilical stump.
 
Example 11:
Small for gestational age twins born in hospital at 38 weeks gestation to alcoholic mother and monitored for adverse effects of alcohol; no alcohol-related problems found.
 
Example 12:
Infant transferred from birth facility with kernicterus due to ABO isoimmunization.
 
Example 13:
Near-term infant delivered in hospital with perinatal jaundice due to inspissated bile syndrome.
 
Example 14:
38-week infant delivered via cesarean section due to fetal distress noted prior to onset of labor; infant delivered with tight nuchal cord.
 

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