AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1986 November - December

Apgar Score: Use and Issues

Note: As of October 1, 1989, references to coding by Apgar score have been removed from Volumes 1 and 2 of ICD-9-CM. The National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Public Health Service, has issued the following statement on the use of the Apgar score in ICD-9-CM coding assignments: "The ICD-9-CM is designed for use as a tool for the collection of statistical data. As such, like conditions are grouped together in categories. The list of Apgar score ranges as inclusion terms under categories 768.5 and 768.6 is intended to distinguish the severe cases of birth asphyxia...

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