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.
More women putting off starting a family as average age of having a baby climbs to 29. Women are delaying having children until they are nearly 30, according to official figures released today. The average age of women giving birth in England and Wales is now a year older than it was a decade ago - 29.5 in 2010 compared with 28.5 in 2000. The figures from the Office for National Statistics, revealed women are also giving birth to their first child later on - aged 27.8 last year compared to 26.5 in 2000.