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Knot in the Umbilical Cord: Do You Know What to Do?

Published on Fri Apr 11, 2025

Question: We had a patient come in with a knot in the umbilical cord. We are doing non-stress tests on them. My problem is the only code I can find is O69.2XX0 labor and delivery complicated by other cord entanglement. The problem is they’re not in labor and not far enough along to deliver. What code would you use? Besides [...]
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