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 codes are reported on the maternal record

Answer 1

The answer is O76, O09.522, Z3A.25 code. Fetal bradycardia is defined as a baseline fetal heart rate less than 110 beats per minute for at least 10 minutes. ICD-10-CM) is a system used by physicians and other healthcare providers to classify and code all diagnoses, symptoms and procedures recorded in conjunction with hospital care in the United States.