kbrooks15
Contributor
I am a new coder and I was wondering if I can get some advice on a diagnosis coding issue.
A newborn patient was recently seen by one of our providers and the doctor wanted to prescribe Vitamin D drops to prevent any Vitamin D deficiency within the baby. His reasoning is that because the baby is breastfed he wanted to prescribe the drops. He wanted to apply the code Z39.1 which is Breast feeding status of mother. Our EHR program does not allow that code to be used on the newborn because it's only used on the mother.
I have been trying to search for an alternative code for this case and seem to be struggling.
What is an alternative code for the reason that the Vitamin D drops are prescribed?
A newborn patient was recently seen by one of our providers and the doctor wanted to prescribe Vitamin D drops to prevent any Vitamin D deficiency within the baby. His reasoning is that because the baby is breastfed he wanted to prescribe the drops. He wanted to apply the code Z39.1 which is Breast feeding status of mother. Our EHR program does not allow that code to be used on the newborn because it's only used on the mother.
I have been trying to search for an alternative code for this case and seem to be struggling.
What is an alternative code for the reason that the Vitamin D drops are prescribed?