Ava Avamere is brought in today by her mother for complaints of yellowness. Ava is five days old, and the physician documents her as having jaundice. What is the correct code?
- P55.1
- P58.41
- P58.42
- P59.9
P59.9 is the correct code for a newborn with jaundice. P59.9: Index>jaundice>newborn.
Diagnosis: A physician’s determination of a patient’s condition, illness, or injury.
Which of the following would be considered a diagnostic procedure?
- Placing a newborn on a ventilator
- Circumcising a newborn
- Giving a newborn a hearing test
- Placing a newborn under a warming blanket
Giving a newborn a hearing test is considered a diagnostic procedure because it is done to check the baby's hearing.
Neonate: An infant from birth to 1 month of age.
Which of the following would be considered a therapeutic treatment?
- Placing a newborn under bili lights
- Giving a newborn a hearing test
- Giving a newborn a blood test
- Giving a newborn an x-ray
Placing a newborn under bili lights would be a therapeutic treatment because this is done to treat a condition.
Therapeutic: Intended to restore good health or reduce the effect of disease or negative condition.
Which of the following are clinically significant when coding a baby's chart?
- Signs
- Symptoms
- Conditions
- All of these
The guidelines state that you must code all clinically significant conditions noted on the baby's chart during the standard newborn examination. "Clinically significant" means any signs, symptoms, and/or conditions present at birth that may impact the child's future health status.
Clinically Significant: Signs, symptoms, and/or conditions present at birth that may impact the child’s future health status.
What is the correct code for a patient with a bilateral cleft lip?
- Q36.9
- Q36.0
- Q37.8
- Q37.0
The correct code for a bilateral cleft lip is Q36.0. Q36.0: Index>cleft>lip>bilateral.
Diagnosis: A physician’s determination of a patient’s condition, illness, or injury.
When does a baby get his or her own chart?
- At conception
- During the last trimester of the pregnancy
- At birth
- After the two-week well-child check
A baby gets his or her own chart after he or she is born.
Neonate: An infant from birth to 1 month of age.
When is an Apgar test performed?
- 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth
- 1 minute and 10 minutes after birth
- 5 minutes and 10 minutes after birth
- 5 minutes and 8 minutes after birth
The Apgar test is performed at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth.
Apgar: Assessment of a neonate’s condition based on five areas: muscle tone, heart rate, reflex response, skin color, and breathing.