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A patient is admitted who is 39 weeks gestation normal delivery single full-term newborn. During the same episode of care, patient experiences a 36-hour delayed hemorrhage following the delivery.

a) O80, O72
b) O80, O72.1
c) O80, O72.0
d) O82, O72.2

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Final answer:

In the given scenario, the correct medical coding for the delivery and subsequent delayed hemorrhage is O80 for the normal full-term delivery, and O72.1 for the delayed postpartum hemorrhage.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question relates to the correct coding of a medical scenario where a patient who delivers a single full-term newborn at 39 weeks gestation subsequently experiences a delayed hemorrhage 36 hours post-delivery. The correct codes for this scenario would be as follows: 'O80' indicating a single, spontaneous, full-term, normal delivery without complication, and 'O72.1' representing the delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage that occurred after the delivery. Therefore, the correct answer is b) O80, O72.1.

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