ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. Code the diagnosis andprocedure code 2021
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6 A 12-hour-old infant was transferred for admission to the university hospital neonatal intensive care unit for respiratory problems after being born at a community hospital by Was exhibiting respiratory symptoms consistent with aspiration of meconium at the time of the delivery. The infant had low Apgar scores of 5 and 6 with tachypnea and cyanosis. On admission, the infant was intubated and placed on mechanical ventilation and maintained on it for 48 hours. Within 1 day, the infant’s chest x-ray demonstrated patchy infiltrates. The neonatologist diagnosed the infant as having meconium aspiration pneumonia with no signs of pulmonary hypertension as a consequence of the pneumonia. The physician also described the infant as “small for dates,” weighing 2,200 grams. Principal Diagnosis: Secondary Diagnoses: Principal Procedures: Secondary Procedure(s):
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