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3312 - ACS 1521 Conditions and injuries in pregnancy - Fetal evaluation - retired 30/6/2020
ACS 1521 Conditions and injuries in pregnancy states:
In the absence of specific documentation, a nonobstetric condition is classified as complicating pregnancy as indicated by two or more of the following criteria:
- Patient is admitted to an obstetric unit
- Patient is supervised/evaluated by an obstetrician, midwife and/or neonatologist (Note: evaluation may be performed remotely. That is, the clinician is located in another facility and consults via electr...
(March 2018)
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3401 - ACS 1521 Conditions and injuries in pregnancy - non obstetric conditions in pregnancy
ACS 1521 Conditions and injuries in pregnancy - non obstetric conditions complicating pregnancy states that:
In the absence of specific documentation, a nonobstetric condition is classified as complicating pregnancy as indicated by two or more of the following criteria:
- Patient is admitted to an obstetric unit
- Patient is supervised/evaluated by an obstetrician, midwife and/or neonatologist (Note: evaluation may be performed remotely. That is, the clinician...
(September 2018)
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2397 - ACS 1521 Conditions complicating pregnancy - retired 30/6/2013
ACS 1521 Conditions complicating pregnancy includes the following sentence:
'To code other conditions complicating pregnancy (or being aggravated by the pregnancy or that are the main reason for obstetric care), a code from ...
Could the committee please advise if the following case contains adequate documentation for a coder to assign a code from the Obstetrics chapter as principal diagnosis, as per the above sentence:
Pregnant female admitted ...
(September 2008)
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2365 - ACS 1521 Conditions complicating pregnancy - retired 30/6/2013
The recent VAED audit has highlighted some confusion with regard to conditions complicating versus commonly occurring in pregnancy. Would the committee please clarify the intent of ACS 1521 Conditions complicating pregnancy with regard to conditions commonly occurring and predominantly related to pregnancy such as vomiting in pregnancy, urinary tract infections, carpal tunnel syndrome, pre-existing diabetes and vaginal bleeding.
Should we ever be coding an 'O code' for ...
(March 2008)
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2684 - ACS 1521 Conditions Complicating Pregnancy - retired 30/6/2017
Please find attached some examples of cases where pregnant women present to hospital with various medical complaints.
Scenario 1
Dyspnoea of Pregnancy
Is it correct to code this as:
O99.8 Other specified diseases and conditions complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
R06.0 Dyspnoea
Following the Index:
Pregnancy
-complicated by
&...
(June 2012)
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2277 - ACS 1530 and ACS 1515 - retired 30/6/2013
ACS 1530 Premature Delivery and ACS 1515 Antepartum Condition with Delivery appear to provide conflicting advice with regards to the principal diagnosis for obstetric cases.
For example:
A 30 year old primigravida was admitted at 34 weeks gestation on 1.9.06 with severe pre-eclampsia. On 10.9.06 she underwent an emergency caesarean delivery due to fetal distress.
ACS 1530 states if the reason for early delivery is documented in the c...
(March 2007)
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1894 - ACS 1541 Elective and emergency caesarean - retired 30/6/2010
We are querying the intent of ACS 1541 Elective and Emergency Caesarean, particularly in relation to the mismatch of an anaesthetist’s definition of either elective or emergency via the use of ASA scores. If the anaesthetist documents ‘E’ for emergency, coders have no choice but to code emergency (anaesthetic) and are concerned when, on occasion, ‘elective and emergency’ do not match. For example, a patient with a history of two LUSCSs is booked to have an elective LUSCS on 19 February on the ...
(May 2003)
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3317 - ACS 1548 vs VICC query #2985 Delivered at Home, Placenta Delivered in Birthing Suite - retired 30/6/2020
Can you please advise the correct coding for an unplanned baby born at home and the placenta delivered in the hospital? (The placenta was not manually removed).
VICC Query #2985 BBA with delivery of placenta in birthing suite advises the following:
“Therefore where a patient has delivered a baby prior to the admitted episode of care but the placenta is expelled during the admitted episode of care, assign:
- the appropriate code from O80 – O84 Del...
(March 2018)
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2713 - ACS 1550 Discharge/transfer in labour and false Labour - retired 30/6/2017
Are you able to confirm whether the following advice in retired query #2146 is still current?
The term ‘false labour’ should be documented before assigning the code O47.- False Labour.
Can you also confirm whether or not coders should be referring to the definitions within the standard when determining code assignment?
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VICC query #2146 False labour
ACS 1550 Discharge/transfer in ...
(June 2012)
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3824 - ACS 1613 Massive Aspiration Syndrome
Can the Committee please advise whether ACS 1613 Massive aspiration syndrome is still relevant?
Our neonatologists have advised that the advice in this standard is not in line with their clinical criteria. Neonates with Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS) are not always managed with >24hrs of oxygen. Our neonatologists said that Transient Tachypnoea of Newborn (TTN) and MAS should be classified as per documentation, not based on the duration of oxygen therapy as they are...
(May 2022)
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