New Zealand Gazette – 2002 – No. 40

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✨ Medical Risk Codes



24 APRIL

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

1135

CODE CONDITION DESCRIPTION
6007 SERVICES FOLLOWING BIRTH – MOTHER
Vulval and perineal haematoma 3
7001 Breast abscess Not settling with antibiotics 2
7002 Neonatal death 2
7003 Post delivery neurological deficit 2
7004 Postnatal depression Not psychotic 2
7005 Psychotic 3
7006 Puerperal sepsis Temp > 37.6, maternal tachycardia 3
7007 Pyrexia of unknown origin With rigors or shock 2
7008 Secondary PPH 2

| | SERVICES FOLLOWING BIRTH – BABY | | |
| | General | | |
| 8001 | Abnormal neonatal examination | Minor abnormalities not specified elsewhere | 2 |
| 8002 | Foetal ultrasound abnormality | Any | 2 |
| 8003 | Malformations | Congenital anomalies that may require early treatment | 2 |
| | Cardiovascular | | |
| 8004 | | Heart murmur no symptoms | 2 |
| 8005 | | Heart murmur with symptoms | 3 |
| 8006 | | Persistent or recurrent cyanosis | 3 |
| | CNS | | |
| 8007 | | Microcephaly – head circumference (HC) < 3rd % | 2 |
| 8008 | | Convulsions or unresponsiveness | 3 |
| 8009 | Irritability | | 2 |
| 8010 | | Limpness, lethargy, hypotonia | 2 |
| 8011 | | Severe depression (e.g. apgar 6 or less at 5 minutes with little improvement by 10 minutes) | 3 |
| 8012 | | Less severe depression than above | 2 |
| | | Required active resuscitation | |
| | Growth and Feeding | | |
| 8013 | Feeding | Poor suck or feeding not related to gestation | 2 |
| 8014 | | Dehydration or > 10% weight loss since birth | 2 |
| 8015 | | Persistent vomiting without blood or bile | 2 |
| 8016 | Intra-uterine growth restriction | Birthweight < 5th % or asymmetric growth | 2 |
| 8017 | Low birth weight | Birth weight 2000 - 2500g | 2 |
| 8018 | | Birth weight < 2000g | 3 |
| 8019 | Poor weight gain | Birth weight not regained by 14 days | 2 |
| 8020 | Postmaturity | With evidence of growth retardation | 2 |
| 8021 | Preterm | Gestation 35-38 weeks | 2 |
| 8022 | | Gestation < 35 weeks | 3 |
| | Gastrointestinal | | |
| 8023 | | Unable to pass a gastric tube in a mucousy baby | 3 |
| 8024 | | Abdominal distension or mass | 3 |
| 8025 | | Persistent or bile stained vomiting or fresh blood in stools | 3 |
| 8026 | | No passage of meconium by 24 to 36 hours | 2 |
| 8027 | Inguinal hernia | | 2 |
| | Genitourinary | | |
| 8028 | | Failure to pass urine in any 24 to 36 hour period | 2 |
| 8029 | | Hypospadias or foreskin abnormality | 2 |
| 8030 | Undescended testes | | 2 |
| | Haematology | | |
| 8031 | | Evidence of a bleeding tendency: haematemesis, melena, haematuria, purpura, generalised petechiae | 3 |
| 8032 | | Haemorrhage from cord or other site | 3 |
| 8033 | | Maternal isoimmunisation: rhesus or other antibodies | 3 |
| 8034 | | Refer prior to delivery | |
| | | Maternal thrombocytopenia | 2 |
| | Infection | | |
| 8035 | Risk factor for sepsis - membrane rupture > 24 hours | Baby well, mother may have received perinatal antibiotics | 2 |
| 8036 | Maternal chorio-amnionitis: foetal tachycardia, maternal pyrexia, offensive liquor | Screening of baby recommended, Baby apparently well or unwell | 3 |
| 8037 | Temperature Instability | Temp < 36.0 C or > 37.5 C confirmed within one hour following appropriate management | 2 |
| | Jaundice | | |
| 8038 | | Any in first 24 hours | 3 |



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🏥 Medical Risk Codes for Pregnancy and Obstetrics (continued from previous page)

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Medical, Risk, Codes, Pregnancy, Obstetrics, Vulval and perineal haematoma, Breast abscess, Neonatal death, Post delivery neurological deficit, Postnatal depression, Puerperal sepsis, Pyrexia of unknown origin, Secondary PPH, Abnormal neonatal examination, Foetal ultrasound abnormality, Malformations, Heart murmur, Cyanosis, Microcephaly, Convulsions, Irritability, Limpness, Severe depression, Feeding, Dehydration, Persistent vomiting, Intra-uterine growth restriction, Low birth weight, Poor weight gain, Postmaturity, Preterm, Unable to pass a gastric tube, Abdominal distension, Inguinal hernia, Failure to pass urine, Hypospadias, Undescended testes, Bleeding tendency, Haemorrhage, Maternal isoimmunisation, Maternal thrombocytopenia, Risk factor for sepsis, Maternal chorio-amnionitis, Temperature Instability, Jaundice