Wiki Twin coding

[Aprilsweat2]

So...quick question. There are two of us in the office who have differing opinions on twin coding. For example: Fetus one has poor fetal growth I would use O36.5931. If both babies have poor fetal growth one of us think you should use O36.5930 and the other thinks O36.5931 and O36.5932. Thoughts?

 

[mitchellde]

You use O36.5930 when there is only one baby. For twins one is baby 1 and one is baby 2 sometimes called baby A and Baby B. So you would never use O36.5930 with twins or triplets etc. even if only baby 1 has the issue you would still not use O36.5930 you would use the O36.5931. If baby 2 has a different problem then use that code with the 7 th character 2.