A 27-year-old woman in labor presented to the emergency room. Upon admission and evaluation, it was determined that the fetus was in breech position. Due to the severity of the mother’s contractions, the OB decided that tocolysis was necessary in order to delay the contractions to allow for an external cephalic version procedure. The OB and the delivery team of nurses carefully performed the external cephalic version and successfully turned the fetus into the appropriate delivery position, at which time the tocolysis was ceased and the patient was given Pitocin to begin contractions again. The baby was successfully delivered vaginally after three additional hours of labor.
How should the OB code for the procedure?
