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.
In eight countries around the world, the average age at first birth is now above 29. Women from poorer nations in Eastern Europe and Latin America tend to have their first child much earlier. The average age in Mexico is a little over 21, while in Latvia it is around 24 and a half.