Code O80, Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery, is used only when the delivery is entirely normal with a single lovelorn outcome. Which of the following situations would NOT prevent the use of code O80?

A. Any postpartum complications.
B. An antepartum complication experienced during pregnancy that has resolved before the time of delivery.
C. There is fetal manipulation with forceps.
D. There are multiple births


Ans: B. An antepartum complication experienced during pregnancy that has resolved before the time of delivery.

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