AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2006 Issue 1; Correction Notices

Prenatal Teeth

Coding Clinic Second Quarter 2005, page 15, advised to assign code 520.6, Disturbances in tooth eruption, for an infant born with prenatal teeth. However, two codes 779.89, Other specified conditions originating in the perinatal period, and 520.6, Disturbances in tooth eruption, should have been assigned for a newborn with prenatal teeth. The Official Newborn (Perinatal) Guidelines for Coding and Reporting state, “If the index does not provide a specific code for a perinatal condition, assign code 779.89, Other specified conditions originating in the perinatal period, followed by the code from another chapter...

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