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Use This Principal Dx for Well-Newborn Hospital Care

Published on Fri Jun 12, 2020

Question: We have been using Z38.00 for newborn care when a single, vaginally born neonate is in the hospital with no issues. However, we have one payer that is stating this is a secondary diagnosis, which I do not believe is correct per ICD-10. Should we be using Z00.110 instead? Codify Subscriber Answer: Per ICD-10 guideline I.C.21.16, codes from Z38.- [...]
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