We performed a circumcision in the office. Code 54150 is listed as “Circumcision with a clamp on a newborn,” while 54152 is simply “Circumcision with a clamp.” What is the definition of newborn?
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“Newborn” refers to a liveborn infant during the first 25 days, 23 hours, and 59 minutes of life (from the 1972 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists book Obstetric-Gynecologic Terminology, edited by Edward C. Hughes, MD). CPT uses this same definition.
