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

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