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Preterm delivery
What CPT and ICD-9 codes would I use for the vaginal delivery of a patient that had an induction of labor at 21 weeks gestation, delivering a nonviable infant due to myelomeningocele?
Preterm delivery
If the patient was greater than 20 weeks pregnant you should code a vaginal delivery with the fetal demise code if greater than 22 wks or 632 if less than 22 wks. I would charge vaginal dlivery code 59410 with dx code 632 and code 655.01 then file the prenatal visits in the doctors office seperately. Hope this helps. Also you can look up at the ACOG forum for more information on this topic.