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Term: Neonatal Hospital Readmission
Glossary Definition
		Last Updated: 2012-11-05
	
Definition:
A hospital readmission of a newborn that occurs more than one day after the discharge from the birth hospital stay and within 28 days of birth. 
For a list of reasons and the corresponding ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CA codes used to define these reasons, please see 
Neonatal Hospital Readmission - Reasons
 in Appendix Table A.4 of 
Heman et al. (2012).
	
	
Related concepts
Related terms
- Boarder Baby
 - ICD-10-CA
 - ICD-9-CM
 - International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, with Canadian Enhancements (ICD-10-CA)
 - International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, with Clinical Modifications (ICD-9-CM)
 - Neonatal
 - Newborn Readmission
 - Readmission / Hospital Readmission
 
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)
 
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