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Wiki Coding for donor eggs

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I am coding for genetic testing for pregnant women. The lab wants to know if the pregnancy resulted from a donor egg and asks the age of the donor (so we have the information to code it). The question is: does the egg donor code Z52.8-- go on the pregnant woman's claim and can we add it to the O09.8-- code for pregnancy resulting from assisted reproductive technology?
 
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Your answer is in the ICD-10 book, in the chapter-specific guidelines:

"Codes in category Z52, Donors of organs and tissues, are used for living individuals who are donating blood or other body tissue. These codes are only for individuals donating for others, not for self-donations. They are not used to identify cadaveric donations."

The guidelines also state that the codes in the Z52 category must be the principal/first-listed diagnosis. Since the code is to indicate the reason for the encounter, it would only be assigned to the donor's record, not the recipient's.
 
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