AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 4 (April)

Evaluation and Management Services/Newborn Care (April 2003)

April 2003 page 27 Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Evaluation and Management Services/Newborn Care, 99433 (Q&A) Question An infant is born by cesarean section. The infant is healthy but must remain hospitalized because the mother must remain for a tubal ligation. What CPT code would be appropriate to report for the infant's extended stay in the hospital? AMA Comment Code 99433, Subsequent hospital care, for the evaluation and management of a normal newborn, per day, would be the appropriate code to report for the newborn's extended stay, as this code is reported for the newborn subsequent care. Code 99433...

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