AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2005 Issue 2; Clarifications

Infant of Diabetic Mother

Coding Clinic First Quarter 2004, page 8, advised the assignment of codes V30.00, Single live born, born in hospital, delivered without mention of cesarean delivery, and V18.0, Family history of certain other specific conditions, Diabetes mellitus, for a normal infant born to a diabetic mother but without manifestations of infant of a diabetic mother syndrome. Isn’t code V29.3, Observation for suspected genetic or metabolic condition, a more appropriate code assignment since the baby is being observed due to the increased risk for complications associated with the mother’s diabetes? ...

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