tkeeton7885
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We had a newborn delivered in our hospital facility. The newborn lived approx 45 minutes and the pediatrician examined the child postmortem. What E&M code would be appropriate for this service? Thanks in advance!
In reading this question, I find there are alot of unanswered questions that would allow appropriate coding.
My first response is why is the pediatrician examining a child that was deceased. So more informatio nis needed such as did the family request the examination. Did the pediatrician provide resuscotation and could this be critical care of a newborn? Did the OB request the consult. Was there no mortician available that could pronouce the death?
Without additional information I would code this as a Non-billable service.