Meghanmier
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Hello fellow coders. I am a fairly new radiology coder, and I get a lot of charts for babies/infants being observed for hip dysplasia (and sometimes other things) that is subsequently ruled out. I code in Epic, and it doesn't like me to use the newborn observation ICD-10-CM code for infants >28 days, even if they're only a couple months old (e.g. Z05.72, observation and evaluation of newborn for suspected MS condition ruled out). So my question is, assuming there aren't any diagnostic findings, would I just use the general code for conditions ruled-out (Z03.89, encounter for observation for other suspected diseases and conditions ruled out)? Most of the babies were also born breech, so would I just use that code if they are past 28 days and there are no significant findings? I have scoured the guidelines but I can't find anything specifying what code to use after the 28 days, but maybe I missed it. Thank you!