WEEK SEVEN: PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PERINATAL
AND CONGENITAL ANOMALIES|COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
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When A Patient Is Classified Within the Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Puerperium
Phases,Answer: Chapter 15 Codes Will Have Sequencing priority:
1st code O00-O9A THEN code the Condition(s)
Pregnancy Incidental to the Encounter (Pregnancy Is Not The RFE)Answer: 1st code the Non-
Pregnancy-Related Condition (RFE) THEN code Z33.1
*DO NOT USE codes from chapter 15 (O codes)
Routine Prenatal Visit: Routine Pre-Natal Visit Without Complications.Answer: 1st code Z34
THEN code the weeks Gestation
*Z34 May NOT be coded with an "O" Code
Use Chapter 15 (O Codes) ONLY On the Maternity Record.Answer: DO NOT Use Maternity
Codes on The Infant’s Record.
Use Chapter 15 (O Codes) ONLY On the Maternity Record. Continued*Answer: ONLY Use
Chapter 15 (O-codes) On the Mother's Record.
Trimesters as a Final CharacterAnswer: Assign the weeks’ gestation by the provider’s
documentation:
2nd: (or subsequent): Z3A–
TrimestersAnswer: Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual cycle. They
are defined as.
Trimesters: Continued* 1st TrimesterAnswer: Less than 14 weeks, 0 Days
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, Trimesters: Continued* 2nd TrimesterAnswer: 14 weeks, 0 days to less than 28 weeks, 0 days
Trimesters: Continued* 3rd TrimesterAnswer: 28 weeks, 0 days until delivery
Unspecified Trimester: When The Trimester Is Not Specified.Answer: Use the Unspecified
Trimester Code.
7th Character for Fetus Identification: Assign Codes & 7th Character Extenders to Identify the
FetusAnswer: 1st (O31, O32,) O33.3- O33.6, O35, O36
7th Character for Fetus Identification: Assigning a code describing the current trimester is
appropriateAnswer: for single gestations and when the documentation in the record is
insufficient to determine the fetus.
*One fetus is–0
Completed Weeks of GestationAnswer: *Completed Weeks of Gestation refers to a Full Week.
Routine Outpatient Prenatal VisitsAnswer: 1st code Z34
*DO NOT use Z34 with an "O" code
Prenatal Outpatient Visits for High-Risk Patients:Answer: 1st code O09 THEN use a Chapter
15 code (if applicable)
Episodes When No Delivery OccursAnswer: 1st if a complication is present, list first or RFE,
THEN code all additional complications (if applicable)
*If the Complications are equal, follow the principal code selection guidelines
When A Delivery Occurs: When An Obstetric Patient Is Admitted And Delivers During That
AdmissionAnswer: 1st code the condition that prompted the admission THEN use all other
related "O" codes and LASTLY code the outcome of the delivery
When A Delivery Occurs: When multiple conditions prompted the admission.Answer: 1st code
the condition most related to the DELIVERY
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AND CONGENITAL ANOMALIES|COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
WITH 100% ACCURATE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | ACE
EVERY TEST | GUARANTEED EXCELLENCE.
When A Patient Is Classified Within the Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Puerperium
Phases,Answer: Chapter 15 Codes Will Have Sequencing priority:
1st code O00-O9A THEN code the Condition(s)
Pregnancy Incidental to the Encounter (Pregnancy Is Not The RFE)Answer: 1st code the Non-
Pregnancy-Related Condition (RFE) THEN code Z33.1
*DO NOT USE codes from chapter 15 (O codes)
Routine Prenatal Visit: Routine Pre-Natal Visit Without Complications.Answer: 1st code Z34
THEN code the weeks Gestation
*Z34 May NOT be coded with an "O" Code
Use Chapter 15 (O Codes) ONLY On the Maternity Record.Answer: DO NOT Use Maternity
Codes on The Infant’s Record.
Use Chapter 15 (O Codes) ONLY On the Maternity Record. Continued*Answer: ONLY Use
Chapter 15 (O-codes) On the Mother's Record.
Trimesters as a Final CharacterAnswer: Assign the weeks’ gestation by the provider’s
documentation:
2nd: (or subsequent): Z3A–
TrimestersAnswer: Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual cycle. They
are defined as.
Trimesters: Continued* 1st TrimesterAnswer: Less than 14 weeks, 0 Days
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, Trimesters: Continued* 2nd TrimesterAnswer: 14 weeks, 0 days to less than 28 weeks, 0 days
Trimesters: Continued* 3rd TrimesterAnswer: 28 weeks, 0 days until delivery
Unspecified Trimester: When The Trimester Is Not Specified.Answer: Use the Unspecified
Trimester Code.
7th Character for Fetus Identification: Assign Codes & 7th Character Extenders to Identify the
FetusAnswer: 1st (O31, O32,) O33.3- O33.6, O35, O36
7th Character for Fetus Identification: Assigning a code describing the current trimester is
appropriateAnswer: for single gestations and when the documentation in the record is
insufficient to determine the fetus.
*One fetus is–0
Completed Weeks of GestationAnswer: *Completed Weeks of Gestation refers to a Full Week.
Routine Outpatient Prenatal VisitsAnswer: 1st code Z34
*DO NOT use Z34 with an "O" code
Prenatal Outpatient Visits for High-Risk Patients:Answer: 1st code O09 THEN use a Chapter
15 code (if applicable)
Episodes When No Delivery OccursAnswer: 1st if a complication is present, list first or RFE,
THEN code all additional complications (if applicable)
*If the Complications are equal, follow the principal code selection guidelines
When A Delivery Occurs: When An Obstetric Patient Is Admitted And Delivers During That
AdmissionAnswer: 1st code the condition that prompted the admission THEN use all other
related "O" codes and LASTLY code the outcome of the delivery
When A Delivery Occurs: When multiple conditions prompted the admission.Answer: 1st code
the condition most related to the DELIVERY
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