For purposes of Medicare, level III codes were also referred to as local codes. Local codes were established when an insurer preferred that suppliers use a local code to identify a service, for which there is no level I or level II code, rather than use a miscellaneous or not otherwise classified code..
The average age of first time mothers has risen to new highs, according to new federal data. The average age of women having a child for the first time rose from close to 25 in 2000 to around 26 in 2014, according to a new report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics.
The overall birth rate was 65 per 1,000 women, which is the highest rate in the last decade and similar to the 2007 birth rate of 64.9 per 1,000 women. AIHW spokeswoman Dr Georgina Chambers said the average age of mothers in Australia had also steadily increased, from 29.5 years in 2003 to 30.1 years in 2012.n 2012 the average age of women giving birth in the ACT and Victoria was 30.7 years old, compared with the national average age of 30.1 years. The lowest average age for mothers was in the Northern Territory at 28 years old.