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What ICD-10-PCS code do you use to code vaginal delivery using vacuum extraction?
ICD-10-PCS is a procedure classification published by the United States for classifying procedures performed in hospital inpatient health care settings.The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a system of medical classification used for procedural codes. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) received permission from the World Health Organization (WHO), the body responsible for publishing the International Classification of Diseases to create the ICD-10-PCS as a successor to Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM and a clinical modification of the original ICD-10.
There are 17 sections to ICD-10-PCS. The sections relate to the type of procedure being performed. They are the following:
This can be used for normal vaginal delivery by vacuum extraction.