V28.6 - Antenatal Screening For Streptococcus B

The ICD 9 Code for Antenatal screening for Streptococcus B is listed as V28.6.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	V28.6
Long Description:	Antenatal screening for Streptococcus B
Short Description:	Antenatal screen strep b

Chapter:	Supplementary Classification Of Factors Influencing Health Status And Contact With Health Services
Block:	Persons Encountering Health Services In Circumstances Related To Reproduction And Development (V20-V29)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code:	Z36 - Encounter for antenatal screening of mother (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of V28.6:
V28.0 - Antenatal screening for chromosomal anomalies by amniocentesis
V28.1 - Antenatal screening for raised alpha-fetoprotein levels in amniotic fluid
V28.2 - Other antenatal screening based on amniocentesis
V28.3 - Encounter for routine screening for malformation using ultrasonics
V28.4 - Antenatal screening for fetal growth retardation using ultrasonics
V28.5 - Antenatal screening for isoimmunization
V28.9 - Unspecified antenatal screening