AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2000 Fourth Quarter; Volumes 1 & 2 NEW/REVISED DIAGNOSIS CODES

Late Pregnancy

Women who are between 40 and 42 weeks of pregnancy are past full term, but not yet considered to have a prolonged pregnancy. There was no ICD-9-CM code to classify these women. Category 645 has been retitled from "Prolonged Pregnancy" to "Late Pregnancy." New codes have been created under 645.5: 645.1, Post-term pregnancy, for women between 40 and 42 weeks of pregnancy, and 645.2, Prolonged pregnancy, for women who are past 42 weeks of pregnancy. ...

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