Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

Here's why you can strike 996.39, 631, and V12.2 from your possible coding options.ICD-9 2012 adds more specific codes to your ob-gyn coding cache, such as diagnoses reflecting when a patient planning a cesarean section needs a cesarean section early or when her vaginal mesh erodes.Remember: What makes this ICD-9 2012 update special is this is the last time you'll need to learn and delete ICD-9 codes before the switch to ICD-10 in 2013 unless a code is required to report a new disease. The diagnosis freeze begins October 1st of this year.Prepare Now For New Pregnancy OptionsThe following new codes for ICD-9-2012 reflect early spontaneous labor with a planned cesarean delivery:649.81 (Onset [spontaneous] of labor after 37 completed weeks of gestation but before 39 completed weeks gestation, with delivery by [planned] cesarean section, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition)649.82 (Onset [spontaneous] of labor after 37 completed weeks [...]