Ob-Gyn Coding Alert
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Find Your Marginal Cord Insertion Dx Here
Published on Mon Feb 13, 2017
Question: What would be the correct ICD-10 code to use for marginal cord insertion? Illinois Subscriber Answer: “Marginal cord insertion” is also referred to as a “Battledore placenta.” When you look this term up in the ICD-10 Alphabetic Index, you get: O43.19- (Other malformation of placenta).
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