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Table 1 ICD-9 & CPT Codes Used in MAX.

From: Concordance of neonatal critical condition data between secondary databases: Florida and Texas birth certificate Linkage with medicaid analytic extract

Variables

Type

Codes

Description

Validation

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Admission (NICU Admission)

CPT

99,295

Initial inpatient neonatal critical care (Deleted 01 Jan 2009)

PPV = 92%

(Medicaid Data [15])

CPT

99,296

Subsequent inpatient neonatal critical care (Deleted 01 Jan 2009)

CPT

99,297

Subsequent inpatient neonatal critical care (Deleted 01 Jan 2009)

CPT

99,298

Subsequent intensive care (Deleted 01 Jan 2009)

CPT

99,299

Subsequent intensive care (Deleted 01 Jan 2009)

CPT

99,300

Subsequent intensive care (Deleted 01 Jan 2009)

CPT

99,468

Initial inpatient neonatal critical care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a critically ill neonate, 28 days of age or younger

CPT

99,469

Subsequent inpatient neonatal critical care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a critically ill neonate, 28 days of age or younger

CPT

99,477

Initial hospital care, per day, for the evaluation and management of the neonate, 28 days of age or younger, who requires intensive observation, frequent interventions, and other intensive care services

CPT

99,478

Subsequent intensive care, per day, for the evaluation and management of the recovering very low birth weight infant (present body weight less than 1500 g)

CPT

99,479

Subsequent intensive care, per day, for the evaluation and management of the recovering low birth weight infant (present body weight of 1500–2500 g)

CPT

99,480

Subsequent intensive care, per day, for the evaluation and management of the recovering infant (present body weight of 2501–5000 g)

Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)

ICD-9 dx

769.xx

Respiratory distress syndrome in newborn

PPV = 97%

(Discharge Data [25]

Seizure

ICD-9 dx

779.0x

Convulsions in newborn

PPV = 86%

(Medicaid data [37])

Assisted Ventilation (AV)

ICD-9 pc

96.7

Other Continuous Invasive Mechanical Ventilation

PPV = 93%

(Discharge data [26])

ICD-9 pc

96.70

Continuous Invasive Mechanical Ventilation of Unspecified Duration

ICD-9 pc

96.71

Continuous Invasive Mechanical Ventilation for Less Than 96 Consecutive Hours

ICD-9 pc

96.72

Continuous Invasive Mechanical Ventilation for 96 Consecutive Hours or More

ICD-9 pc

93.90

Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation

 

Birth Injury

ICD-9 dx

767.xx

Birth trauma

NA

  1. ICD-9 PC International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (Procedure Codes)
  2. ICD-9 DX International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (Diagnosis Codes)
  3. CPT Current Procedural Terminology