AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2009 Issue 3; Ask the Editor
Respiratory Distress in Newborn
If provider documentation only indicates “respiratory distress†may the coder assign a code for either Type I or Type II respiratory distress syndrome of a newborn based on the length of time it takes for the condition to resolve? For example, Coding Clinic November-December 1986, page 6, and First Quarter 1989, page 10, provided timeframes for newborn respiratory distress. ...
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