Exam 21: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium

What drug could be given to inhibit labor?

A patient at 12 weeks is admitted for a therapeutic abortion due to a chromosome abnormality in the fetus.A D&C is performed,resulting in a complete abortion.Her post-operative course is complicated by shock due to acute blood loss secondary to hemorrhage with resulting anemia.

Patient is admitted to the hospital 3 weeks postpartum.She is having pain in her lower right leg and is given a diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis.The patient is treated with IV heparin.

A 40-week primigravida patient comes to the hospital in labor.Labor progresses,and she delivers a normal 7.6-pound infant.An episiotomy is performed and repaired.The patient had a UTI during the fourth month of pregnancy that was treated with antibiotics.She suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum early in the pregnancy.She is discharged on day 2 with no complaints.What codes are applicable? __________

Match the following terms with the correct definition. -The period of time from delivery through the first 6 weeks postpartum

A patient is admitted at 37 weeks in labor,and she delivers a 7-pound baby boy.After vaginal delivery,she hemorrhages.The physician documents that the hemorrhage is due to a retained placenta accreta.

The patient is admitted in labor at 38 weeks.She labors for 24 hours when it is noted that the baby is in fetal distress.The patient is taken to the OR for an emergency C-section (LTCS).She delivers a healthy baby.

Acute gonococcal cervicitis in the second trimester of pregnancy (26 weeks): __________

What is the Index term if the condition is affecting the labor?

Complications of pregnancy,childbirth,and the puerperium are coded ____.

What drug could be given to induce labor?

What is an ectopic pregnancy?

Ectopic pregnancies occur in 1 in ____ pregnancies.

In referring to a pregnant woman,what does antepartum mean?

A pregnant woman at 39 weeks presents to the hospital for delivery of known quadruplets.She is taken to the operating room for a cesarean section (LTCS).As the babies are delivered,it is discovered that one has died in utero.

A woman is admitted at 22 weeks for insertion of a laminaria for termination of pregnancy.She delivers a liveborn fetus.

A 38-week primigravida spontaneously delivers an SGA baby.Following delivery the obstetrician manually removes fragments of the retained placenta.On the second day after delivery,the patient develops a fever.Antibiotics are initiated and puerperal sepsis is documented.

In ICD-10-CM,the final character indicates the episode of care.

A patient is an elderly multigravida at 39 weeks who has come in for trial labor following previous cesarean.The patient has been taking iron for iron deficiency anemia and is obese.Labor progresses,but fetal decelerations require repeat LTCS.On day 2,the patient develops a fever and is treated with antibiotics for suspected endometritis.

Match the following terms with the correct definition. -35 or older at date of delivery