Title 7 . Health and Social Services

Chapter 27 . Embalming and Other Post-Mortem Services

Section 12. Birth defects registry

7 AAC 27.012. Birth defects registry

(a) A hospital, physician, surgeon, or other health care facility or health care provider diagnosing, screening, or providing treatment to a patient shall report to the division, within three months of the date of diagnosis, screening, or treatment, information about the patient, including name, date of birth, place of birth, sex, race, ethnicity, community of residence, date of diagnosis, and specific type of each birth defect diagnosed or treated for the following patients:

(1) a child less than one year old with a birth defect listed in (b) of this section;

(2) a child one year old or more, but less than six years old with a birth defect identified in the following International Classification of Diseases - 9th Revision (ICD-9) Codes:

(A) Code 760 (fetus or newborn affected by maternal conditions which may be unrelated to present pregnancy);

(B) Code 760.71 (Alcohol-fetal alcohol syndrome).

(b) The following birth defects identified in the International Classification of Diseases - 9th Revision, Clinical Modification, 1998 (ICD-9-CM), as amended from time to time, and adopted by reference, must be reported under (a) of this section:

ICD-9 Code Condition 237.7 - Neurofibromatosis 243 - Congenital hypothyroidism 255.2 - Adrenogenital disorders 277 - Other and unspecified disorders of metabolism 279 - Disorders involving the immune mechanism 282 - Hereditary hemolytic anemias 284.0 - Constitutional aplastic anemia 331 - Other cerebral degenerations 334 - Spinocerebellar disease 335 - Anterior horn cell disease 343 - Infantile cerebral palsy 359 - Muscular dystrophies and other myopathies 362.74 - Pigmentary retinal dystrophy 740 - Anencephalus and similar anomalies 741 - Spina bifida 742 - Other congenital anomalies of nervous system 743 - Congenital anomalies of eye 744 - Congenital anomalies of ear, face, and neck 745 - Bulbus cordis anomalies and anomalies of cardiac septal closure 746 - Other congenital anomalies of heart 747 - Other congenital anomalies of circulatory system 748 - Congenital anomalies of respiratory system 749 - Cleft palate and cleft lip 750 - Other congenital anomalies of upper alimentary tract 751 - Other congenital anomalies of digestive system 752 - Congenital anomalies of genital organs 753 - Congenital anomalies of urinary system 754 - Certain congenital musculoskeletal deformities 755 - Other congenital anomalies of limbs 756 - Other congenital musculoskeletal anomalies 757 - Congenital anomalies of the integument 758 - Chromosomal anomalies 759 - Other and unspecified congenital anomalies 760 - Fetus or newborn affected by maternal conditions which may be unrelated to present pregnancy 760.71 - Alcohol - Fetal alcohol syndrome

History: Eff 1/19/96, Register 137; am 11/8/98, Register 148; am 2/10/99, Register 149; readopt 12/24/2004, Register 172

Authority: AS 18.05.030

AS 18.05.040

AS 18.05.042

AS 47.05.012

Editor's note: The International Classification of Diseases - 9th Revision, Clinical Modification, 1998 (ICD-9-CM) may be obtained by writing to the American Medical Association, Order Department, P.O. Box 7046, Dover, Delaware 19903-7046. The manual is also available for inspection at the Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Section of Maternal, Child and Family Health, 1231 Gambell Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99501-4267.

Effective 12/24/2004, Register 172, the Department of Health and Social Services readopted 7 AAC 27.012 without change, to affirm the validity of that section under current statutory authority.

On November 2, 2004, as required by AS 44.62.245 and AS 47.05.012 , the department gave notice that the following amended version of material, previously adopted by reference in 7 AAC 27.012, would be in effect on October 1, 2004: the 2005 version of the American Medical Association's International Classification of Diseases - 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) . The amended version may be reviewed at the Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology 3601 "C" Street, Suite 540, Anchorage, Alaska.

On September 8, 2005, as required by AS 44.62.245 and AS 47.05.012 , the department gave notice that the following amended version of material, previously adopted by reference in 7 AAC 27.012, would be in effect on October 1, 2005: the 2006 version of the American Medical Association's International Classification of Diseases - 9th Revision, Clinical Modification, (ICD-9-CM) . The amended version may be reviewed at the Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology, 3601 "C" Street, Suite 540, Anchorage, Alaska.