July 26, 201114 yr Dear Colleagues I want to ask what is the diagnosis you write while discharging Normal Newborn from Well baby nursury, i.e ICD 9 code . This I am asking for billing purposes. eg Normal Newborn ( Not in ICD code), Routine infant care etc Please let me know for which I will be obliged With regards
July 26, 201114 yr Do you still use ICD9? we use ICD10 and for a "healthy infant investigaton" we use Z00.1A
July 27, 201114 yr Author Many thanks Stefan for your reply, but when I put Z01.9 in google ICD 10 code it gives me "Special examination, unspecified ". Is this is the code you often use for discharging Normal healthy newborn from well baby nursury?
July 27, 201114 yr I am really sorry, the ICD10 code we use is Z00.1A I change to the correct code in my first post above too
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