Question

A 40 year-old woman who is 25 weeks pregnant with her second child, is seeing her obstetrician. she is worried about decreased fetal movement. during the examination the obstetrician detects bradycardia in the fetus. what icd-10-cm code(s) is/are reported?

Answer 1

Answer: C) O76, O09.522, Z3A.25

ICD-10 is coding mechanism for diagnosis of the patient. This patient has 3 diagnosis which is:
O76 for abnormality in fetal heart rate and rhythm. Because the examination found bradycardia in the fetus
O09.522 for supervision of elderly multigravida. Because the patient is 40 years old and pregnant with 2nd child
Z3A.25 for 25 weeks gestation of pregnancy