AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2006 Issue 4; VOLUMES 1 AND 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Hypoxia, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy [HIE], Hypoxemia and Related Newborn Conditions

Effective October 1, 2006, changes have been made to several codes related to newborn conditions. Revisions have been made to category 768, Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia, including the creation of a new code (768.7) for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). In addition, new codes have been created for respiratory arrest of newborn (770.87), hypoxemia of newborn (770.88), other acidosis of newborn (775.81), other neonatal endocrine and metabolic disturbances (775.89), and cardiac arrest of newborn (779.85). The strict focus on the intrapartum period and not the complete gestation has lead to inappropriate conclusions on the...

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