The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 298-300, April 2009

Pediatric Obesity, Immunizations, and Child Abuse

  • Jan DiSantostefano

      Affiliations

    • Jan DiSantostefano, NP, is a family and women's health nurse practitioner at the SAS Institute, Inc., in Cary, NC

ICD-9 codes generally are not specific to an age group, with few exceptions. The exceptions discussed in this month's column include obesity and body mass index codes, immunization codes, and child abuse codes.

 

PII: S1555-4155(09)00003-8

doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2009.01.002

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 298-300, April 2009

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