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Standards Section 3
Newborns
Term | Definition |
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Diagnosis type (0) | Newborn - restricted to newborn codes only (admit category N). |
Z38 Liveborn infants | the mandatory MRDx code for a healthy infant that is coded from this category according to place of birth. Any other codes entered on the newborn abstract must be diagnosis type (0). |
Diagnosis type (3) | This diagnosis type cannot be assigned to any code on a newborn’s abstract. |
Z38.xx must be a diagnosis type (0). | An unhealthy infant for whom the MRDx is a code from the range P00–P96 or any other code from another chapter within ICD-10-CA indicating a significant condition must be coded. |
Z41.2 Routine and ritual circumcision | is always a diagnosis type (0) when assigned on the newborn abstract. Consultation for circumcision and/or the intervention does not qualify a newborn as unhealthy. |
Prematurity | gestational age of the newborn less than 37 completed weeks |
Diagnosis type (1), (2), (W), (X) or (Y) | Additional conditions indicated by the documentation in the chart for newborns that meet the criteria for significance are assigned one of the following codes. |