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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2006 Issue 3; Ask the Editor
Code V23.89, Other High Risk Pregnancy
Coding Clinic First Quarter 2002, pages 14-15, stated that pregnant women who are group B streptococcus carriers are considered high-risk because group B strep can complicate delivery of the infant. Therefore, should code V23.89, Other high-risk pregnancy, be reported in addition to code 648.91, Other current conditions in the mother, classifiable elsewhere, but complicating pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium, and code V02.51, Carrier or suspected carrier of infectious diseases, Group B streptococcus?
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