Top 8 Causes Of Premature Birth
There's a higher risk of having another premature baby if your previous baby was born between 20 weeks and 31 weeks. However, that risk is reduced if your previous baby was born between 32 weeks and 36 weeks. It's only natural that you're worried about having another premature birth.
On the mother's record, premature birth is classified to ICD-9-CM code 644.21.
A code from category Z38 is assigned to report the birth episode care for a newborn, according to the place and type of delivery, is the first listed code and assigned only once to a newborn at the time of birth. Category Z38 is only used on the newborn chart, never the mother's record.
Single liveborn infant, unspecified as to place of birth Z38. 2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z38. 2 became effective on October 1, 2021.
If a newborn has a condition that may be due to either the birth process or community-acquired and the documentation does not indicate which it is, the default is due to the birth process and the code from Chapter 16 should be used. If the condition is community-acquired, a code from Chapter 16 should not be assigned.
When is a newborn condition considered to be clinically significant, and therefore reportable? When it is treated or evaluated, and When it has implications for the newborn's future health care.
9: Fever, unspecified.
According to a resource one of my Doctors found it states "that if the baby acquired the condition during the first 28 days of life they should be able to use the newborn dx code after 28 days of life".
Code 99477 represents initial hospital care of the neonate (28 days or younger) who is not critically ill but requires intensive observation, frequent interventions, and other intensive care services.
A newborn infant, or neonate, is a child under 28 days of age.
0 - 17 years inclusiveZ00. 121 is applicable to pediatric patients aged 0 - 17 years inclusive.
Codes from chapter 15, Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium, should never be reported on the newborn record.
This category is for use as the principal code on the initial record of a newborn baby. It is to be used for the initial birth record only. It is not to be used on the mother's record.