There are numerous congenital malformations and birth defects that can impact a newborn at birth and also for the rest of their lives. What is the difference between a congenital anomaly and a birth defect? Are they the same? What is the difference between congenital in origin and acquired?
What does the coder have to look for to know the difference? Give an example of both, what type of condition is it, the major body system involved, and how the conditions would be coded.