Birth Defects Registration Partners

This page is for all personnel responsible for reporting birth defect anomalies. It provides them with access to the resources and information they need to continue registering the anomalies in an accurate and timely manner.   

• ICD-10-CM Code Range Cross Reference Guide 
  

As you are aware, the transition to ICD-10-CM was October 1^st, 2015.  The document titled ICD-10-CM Code Range updated 9-5-18.pdf includes both the ICD-9-CM codes and the equivalent ICD-10-CM codes for hospitals reporting birth defects. 

The code range will include all the Q codes (Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities Q00-Q99) and a few additional codes.  The additional codes are: D18.00-D18.09, D18.1, D82.1, E25.0-E25.9, E78.71, E78.72, G12.0, G90.1, M21.021-M21.029, M21.121-M21.129, M26.00-M26.09, P29.3, P35.1 and P35.4. 

User Documentation

• Birth Defect Training for Birthing Hospitals 
• User Security Information
• User Request Form

• Changes between BA and NX (Birth Defects)
• Logging Off NX
       

Additional Links

• National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN)
• NBDPN's Parent Advisory Group (PAG), an excellent site with parents' and children's stories
• Resources for Families
• CDC's new Congenital Heart Defects website 
• Birth Defects 
• Facts About Birth Defects
• Prevention: Commit to Healthy Choices
  
  

Contact Nebraska Birth Defect Registry

Phone: (402) 471-0354
Email: DHHS.BirthDefects@nebraska.gov or Nila.Irwin@nebraska.gov