Medical coders must assign and input the correct diagnostic code to establish the amount of money a health care provider or facility gets reimbursed from the insurer. In order to maintain consistency, they must utilize standard classification systems, like ICD-9-CM/CPT/HCPCS/DRG/APC.
Sometimes a small amount of spotting or vaginal bleeding is one of the first symptoms of pregnancy. Known as implantation bleeding, it happens when the fertilised egg attaches to the lining of the uterus â about 10 to 14 days after fertilization.
It remains in the ampulla portion of the tube (in average during 18-24 hours). Healthy sperm usually âwaitâ in fallopian tube for healthy egg (in average 48 hours). One sperm penetrates the zona pellucida (egg). If fertilization does not occur, the ovum disintegrates and is destroyed by the tube.Implantation. After fertilization occurs, the ovum remains in the fallopian tube for about 72 hours.ERTILIZATION. Fertilization occurs when a live sperm penetrates the newly released mature egg successfully and cell division starts. The woman has now conceived â the embryo is growing! During sexual intercourse, millions of sperm are released into the vagina and move through cervix to uterus and fallopian tubes.