Kristina H.
New
Hi! I am unsure what diagnosis code I should apply to the E/M Hospital Inpatient management days postpartum (broken global, delivery only), when the provider is still managing the mother's chorioamnionitis that arose intrapartum. The provider is still needing to manage abx, monitor fever, and the patient is often kept an extra day IP to finish the abx course.
- O43.1230 doesn't seem correct since the mother is no longer in a trimester and there will be no weeks gestation added to these few postpartum days in the hospital before discharge.
- O75.3 seems like it should only be used on the delivery date of service.
- O86.89 seems incorrect because the infection arose before delivery occurred, not postpartum/puerperal.
- O90.89 is always a last resort.