Birth Defects, Information For Healthcare Providers
Reporting birth defects helps coordinate care for patients, improves case ascertainment, provides more accurate prevalence rates, and provides a baseline for future prevention activities.
What You Should Do
- Diagnose birth defects;
- Report state and nationally recognized birth defects to the Department of Health using the KIDSNET system. Login
Birth Defects to be Reported
- Nervous System: Q00-Q07
- Ear, Eye, Face, and Neck Anomolies: Q10-Q18
- Cardiovascular System: Q20-Q28
- Respiratory System: Q30-Q34
- Orofacial Anomalies: Q35-Q37
- Digestive System: Q38-Q45
- Reproductive System: Q50-Q56
- Urinary System: Q60-Q64
- Musculoskeletal System: Q65-Q79
- Other Anomalies: Q80-Q89
- Chromosomal Abnormalities: Q90-Q99
What We Do
The Birth Defects Program, in collaboration with KIDSNET, has developed a web-based system for reporting birth defects.
More
- Prepregnancy Obesity and Birth Defects in Rhode Island 2010
- Maternal Smoking and Birth Defects in Rhode Island 2012
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Academy of Family Practitioners
- National Birth Defects Prevention Network
- National Center for Biotechnology Information
- National Society of Genetic Counselors
- Org. of Teratology Information Services
- Teratology Society
- Int.Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance & Research