tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2004 Issue 12
What's the Definition of a Neonate?
CPT lines up neonatal codes with ICD-9, WHO's time frame If you've struggled with knowing when to report a neonate code versus an infant code, CPT 2005 provides the final piece of the puzzle. Because of various neonate definitions, physicians must often assign the term differently - but next year's CPT book nixes the discrepancy and makes the definitions consistent. Count the First 28 Days of Life as Neonatal Period CPT 2004 defines a neonate as 30 days or less, says David G. Jamiovich, MD, a medical director at Hope Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill. "But, ICD-9...
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