AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1984 November - December

TORCH Syndrome

TORCH syndrome refers to those conditions classified under 771, Infections specific to the perinatal period. For TORCH syndrome with specified organism, assign the appropriate code from the 771.0 to 771.2 series. If the diagnosis is stated only as TORCH syndrome without any further identification of the organism, assign the code 771.2. Code also any anomalies mentioned in the diagnoses. In the case of a hospital live birth, assign the appropriate code from the V30 category followed by the appropriate code from the 771.0-771.2 subcategories. TORCH syndrome refers to a group of parasitic and viral...

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