Penny remarks, > In rethinking the question of the terms newborn, infant and baby I realized > I was wrong. What I meant to say was that Neonate means less than one > month, infant means less than one year. Baby and newborn are less specific > terms But the term "newborn" is used for the ICD-9-CM codes to mean a human 28 days of age and under. Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC -- Wheaton IL Lactation Education Consultants www.lactationeducationconsultants.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html