Final answer:
Code 59030 is false for fetal monitoring and actually refers to fetal scalp blood sampling. A fetus can produce urine and the umbilical artery does not carry oxygenated blood; the umbilical vein does.
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement referring to code 59030 for reporting fetal monitoring during labor is false. Code 59030 refers to fetal scalp blood sampling. For fetal monitoring, other codes, such as those from the 59000 series, are used, specifically for procedures like fetal heart rate monitoring.
True or False: A fetus can produce urine. This is true. Fetal urination starts as early as the second trimester and plays a role in the production of amniotic fluid.
True or False: The umbilical artery carries oxygenated blood to the fetus. This statement is false. The umbilical vein is the vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the placenta to the fetus.
Janine is given an IV infusion of pitocin because her labor is not progressing as expected. Pitocin is a synthetic form of oxytocin, which is used to induce or augment labor when it is stagnant or not progressing naturally.
The newborn's first breath causes significant physiological changes. There is a switch from fetal to neonatal circulation, where the former bypasses of the fetal circulation close, and the lungs expand and begin to oxygenate the blood, effectively taking over the role that the placenta played in utero.