ICD-10 Coding/Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period

This lesson introduces ICD-10-CM Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period.

Objectives and Skills edit

Objectives and skills for this lesson include:

  1. Apply ICD-10-CM coding guidelines for accurate selection and sequencing of diagnosis codes commonly used to describe certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  2. Apply ICD-10-PCS coding guidelines for accurate selection of procedure codes commonly used to diagnose and treat certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

Guidelines edit

Start Here edit

ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting FY2019 edit

Chapter 16 specific guidelines can be found on pages 69-72 of this document

Part 1: Diagnoses edit

CG I.C.16.a. General Perinatal Rules edit
CG I.C.16.a.1) Use of Chapter 16 Codes edit
CG I.C.16.a.2) Principal Diagnosis for Birth Record edit
CG I.C.16.a.3) Use of Codes from other Chapters with Codes from Chapter 16 edit
CG I.C.16.a.4) Use of Chapter 16 Codes after the Perinatal Period edit
CG I.C.16.a.5) Birth process or community acquired conditions edit
CG I.C.16.a.6) Code all clinically significant conditions edit
CG I.C.16.b. Observation and Evaluation of Newborns for Suspected Conditions not Found edit
CG I.C.16.b.1) Use of Z05 codes edit
CG I.C.16.b.2) Z05 on Other than the Birth Record edit
CG I.C.16.b.3) Z05 on a birth record edit
CG I.C.16.c. Coding Additional Perinatal Diagnoses edit
CG I.C.16.c.1) Assigning codes for conditions that require treatment edit
CG I.C.16.c.2) Codes for conditions specified as having implications for future health care needs edit
CG I.C.16.d. Prematurity and Fetal Growth Retardation edit
CG I.C.16.e. Low birth weight and immaturity status edit
CG I.C.16.f. Bacterial Sepsis of Newborn edit
CG I.C.16.g. Stillbirth edit

Part 2: Procedures edit

Learning Resources edit

Activities edit

Lesson Summary edit

Key Terms edit

See Also edit

References edit