Codes from this chapter are for use only on maternal records, never on newborn records.
True
See Note at the beginning of Chapter 15
Codes from this chapter are used for the mother and newborn records.
False
See note at the beginning of Chapter 16
What is the first character position for Obstetrics procedures?
1
See page 1321 in PCS codebook.
Use additional code from category ???, weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy if known.
Z3A
What does DiDi stand for?
Dichorionic-diamniotic
For routine outpatient prenatal visits when no complications are present, what code should be used?
Z34
Encounter for supervision of normal pregnancy
See guideline B.1
Z38
See guideline A.2
What is the value for Character 2 used in Obstetrics section?
0
See page 1321 in PCS codebook
What is one that occurs outside the uterus. Abdominal, tubal, and ovarian pregnancies are all included in this section.
Ectopic pregnancy
A patient cannot have both preexisting diabetes and gestational diabetes
True
You have to identify the condition as one or the other. If the documentation is not clear you must query the physician.
What is the correct code that should be assigned when a women is admitted for a full term normal delivery and delivers a single, healthy infant without any complications antepartum, during the delivery, or postpartum during the delivery episode?
O80
See guideline N.1
Codes with this chapter can be combined with codes from what chapter is the codes from the other chapters provide more specific detail?
Chapter 16
See guideline A.3
How many differnt values can be used for Character 3 in the Obstetrics section?
12
See page 1321 in PCS Codebook
If a blighted ovum in the uterus develops into a mole or benign tumor, this is considered to be?
Molar pregnancy
What does the term Grand mutipara mean?
What are the codes that would be used for Tobacco use during pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium?
O99.33 and a code code from category F17
See guideline L.2
What is the code for Stillborn?
P95
See guideline G
Character 4 is for Body Part, what is an example that could be used?
Products of Conception
See page 1321 in PCS Codebook
What does products of conception mean?
all of the physical components of a pregnancy, including the fetus, amnion, umbilical cord, and the placenta.
What does EDD stand for?
Estimated delivery date
When a patient that is pregnant is admitted for a HIV-related illness during pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperioum period what would the principal diagnosis code be?
O98.7-
See guideline F
If a newborn has a condition that may be either due to the birth process or community acquired and the documentation does not indicate which it is, what would the default be?
Due to the birth process and the code from Chapter 16 should be used
See guideline A.5
Procedures performed on the pregnant female other than the products of conception are coded to the appropriate root operation in what section?
Medical/Surgical
See Obstetric Section Guidelines (section 1)
C1
In PCS coding what does the term change mean?
taking out or taking off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane.
What does EGA stand for?
Estimated gestational age