Matern care for abnlt fetl hrt rate or rhym, 3rd tri, fts5

Maternal care for abnormalities of the fetal heart rate or rhythm, third trimester, fetus 5

📋Clinical Description

This code signifies ongoing medical supervision and intervention for a pregnant patient in her third trimester due to an identified abnormality in the heart rate or rhythm of the fifth fetus in a multiple gestation pregnancy. This includes conditions such as fetal bradycardia, tachycardia, arrhythmias, or other irregular heart patterns requiring maternal care.

🎯When to Use

Apply this code when documentation confirms a third-trimester pregnancy with five fetuses, and the fifth fetus exhibits an abnormal heart rate or rhythm necessitating maternal care. This diagnosis is supported by fetal monitoring strips, ultrasound reports detailing cardiac anomalies, or physician notes indicating management of such a condition.

💡Coding Tips

Ensure documentation explicitly identifies the fifth fetus as having the cardiac abnormality in a quintuplet pregnancy.
Confirm the gestational period is definitively in the third trimester.
Do not use for abnormalities of fetal heart rate or rhythm in singletons or other numbered fetuses; specific codes exist for those scenarios.

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Code Hierarchy

▲O36.833Matern care for abnlt of fetal heart rate or rhym, third tri

O36.8335(current)

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