Term: Assisted Vaginal Birth

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Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2012-11-05

Definition:

Vaginal births that were assisted by the means of forceps or vacuum extraction.

A birth was considered to be assisted if one or more of the following procedure / intervention codes were present:

• ICD-9-CM: 72.0, 72.1, 72.2, 72.3, 72.4, 72.71, 72.7, or 72.79; OR
  
• CCI: 5.MD.53.KL, 5.MD.53.KK, 5.MD.53.KN, 5.MD.53.KM, 5.MD.53.KJ, 5.MD.53.KH, 5.MD.55.^^, 5.MD.54.^^, 5.MD.53.KS, 5.MD.53.KP, 5.MD.53.JE, or 5.MD.53.JD.

All homebirths attended by a midwife were coded as vaginal births that were not assisted.

Related concepts 

• Maternal and Newborn Health Status Indicators
• Outcome of Delivery

Related terms 

• Canadian Classification of Health Interventions (CCI)
• CCI
• Forceps
• ICD-9-CM
• International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, with Clinical Modifications (ICD-9-CM)
• Spontaneous Vaginal Birth
• Vacuum Extraction
• Vaginal Birth

References 

• Heaman M, Kingston D, Helewa M, Brownell M, Derksen S, Bogdanovic B, McGowan K, Bailly A. Perinatal Services and Outcomes in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] (View)