An obstetric patient received an epidural and delivered a liveborn infant, the total time of

An obstetric patient received an epidural and delivered a liveborn infant, the total time of which was 849 minutes. However, due to adherent placental fragments, vomiting, lightheadedness, and a heart rate greater than 100 bpm, the patient was transferred to the operating room, where an urgent hysterectomy was performed. Because code 01962 does not include the labor and birthing procedure, and code 01969 describes anesthesia for a cesarean hysterectomy following neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia, would it be appropriate to report both codes 01967 and 01969 for this scenario?

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