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MARILYN LEE BODIFORD

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The patient presented to the Hospital with contractions and known PPROM at 20 weeks 3 days. She delivered the legs and breech and the arms and head were entrapped. She was given a single does of terbutaline and the remainer of the baby delivered without difficulty of a non viable female. The placenta delivered 30 minutes later. Since the patient is at 20 weeks how would I code this? Would I use spontaneous abortion codes with just Inpatient Admit, subsequent and discharge codes? Thank you so much in advance for your help.
 
Generally, by and large, from the date of LMP to the date of expulsion, if 22 weeks and more, goes into registry of 'Delivery; if less than 22 weeks it is accounted as 'Spontaneous Abortion. I would go with spontaneous.
 
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