B06. 9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) is an illness in infants that results from maternal infection with rubella virus during pregnancy. When rubella infection occurs during early pregnancy, serious consequences–such as miscarriages, stillbirths, and a constellation of severe birth defects in infants–can result.
If coded, the ICD-10 code is Q89. 9 (Congenital malformation, unspecified).
Congenital rubella syndrome is caused by a virus known as a rubivirus. When adults and children contract the disease, it is known as rubella, or German measles. If a pregnant woman contracts rubella during her first trimester, there is a very good chance that she will pass it on to her fetus.
Congenital rubella syndrome has also been diagnosed using placental biopsy, rubella antigen detection by monoclonal antibody, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Specimens used for viral isolation in congenital rubella include nasopharyngeal swab, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and buffy coat of the blood.
Congenital anomalies can be defined as structural or functional anomalies that occur during intrauterine life. Also called birth defects, congenital disorders, or congenital malformations, these conditions develop prenatally and may be identified before or at birth, or later in life.
2022 ICD-10-CM Codes Q00-Q99: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities.
If a congenital malformation or deformity has been corrected, a personal history code should be used to identify the history of the malformation or deformity. Although present at birth, malformation, deformation or chromosomal abnormality may not be identified until later in life.
This chapter contains the following blocks of codes:Q00–Q07 Congenital malformations of the nervous system.Q10–Q18 Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck.Q20–Q28 Congenital malformations of the circulatory system.Q30–Q34 Congenital malformations of the respiratory system.Q35–Q37 Cleft lip and cleft palate.More items...•Nov 20, 2020
Main clinical manifestations in the mother The rash occurs in 50–80% of rubella-infected persons, begins on the face and neck, and progresses to the lower parts of the body, lasting about three days. In 70% of women, joint pain (arthralgia) also occurs.Dec 8, 2020
Dyne, MD. The major complication of rubella is its teratogenic effects when pregnant women contract the disease, especially in the early weeks of gestation. The virus can be transmitted to the fetus through the placenta and is capable of causing serious congenital defects, abortions, and stillbirths.
A fetus infected early in the pregnancy (especially during the first trimester) has a high probability of developing CRS. In symptomatic women infected with rubella during the first 12 weeks (first trimester) of pregnancy, CRS-associated congenital defects occur in up to 85% of infants.Jan 10, 2022