ICD-10:
Your 655.7x Codes Will Explode Into Multiple Options
Published on Wed Jun 13, 2012
Don't overlook the Includes, Excludes1, and Excludes2 notes. Pregnant patients may present to your ob-gyn practice complaining of decreased fetal movement, which may prompt the physician to order a fetal non-stress test (NST). To support this service, you should report a decreased fetal movement diagnosis code. ICD-9-CM Codes: Currently, you would choose one of the following codes: 655.70, Decreased fetal movements, affecting management of mother, unspecified as to episode of care 655.71, Decreased fetal movements, affecting management of mother, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition 655.73, Decreased fetal movements, affecting management of mother, antepartum condition or complication. ICD-10-CM Codes: When your diagnosis code system changes, you will choose one of the following options instead: O36.8120, Decreased fetal movements, second trimester, not applicable or unspecified O36.8121, ... fetus 1 O36.8122, ... fetus 2 O36.8123, ... fetus 3 O36.8124, ... fetus 4 O36.8125, ... fetus 5 O36.8129, ... other fetus [...]
