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 average age at which women in the U.S. have their first child is 25.2, according to a 2003 National Vital Statistics Report (the most recent available) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but that number's in flux. In 1970, for example, the average was 21.4.he average age at which women in the U.S. have their first child is 25.2, according to a 2003 National Vital Statistics Report (the most recent available) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but that number's in flux. In 1970, for example, the average was 21.4.