National Vital Statistics System

17. Date of birth

Date of birth

Category: Labor and Delivery

BC # 4

FDFWS # 16

FDR # 4

Definitions, instructions, sources, keywords and abbreviations
Definitions The infant’s date of birth.
Instructions

Enter the month, day, and four-digit year of birth.

If the date of birth of the infant is unknown, because the infant is a foundling, enter the date the infant was found.

Sources 1st Labor and delivery under –
  • Delivery record

2nd Newborn admission H&P

Keywords and Abbreviations DOB – Date of birth


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The infant’s date of birth.

Categories: Labor and Delivery

The infant’s time of birth.

Categories: Labor and Delivery

The individual who certified the birth occurred.

Categories: Labor and Delivery

The date that the birth was certified.

Categories: Labor and Delivery

The primary source of payment for the delivery at the time of delivery (e.g., private insurance, medicaid, self-pay, other).

Categories: Labor and Delivery

The medical record number assigned to the newborn.

Categories: Labor and Delivery

Transfers include hospital to hospital, birth facility to hospital, etc. Does not include home to hospital.

Categories: Labor and Delivery

The name, title, and National Provider Identifier (NPI) number of the person responsible for delivering the child.

Categories: Labor and Delivery

The mother’s weight at the time of delivery.

Categories: Labor and Delivery

Information about the course of labor and delivery (e.g., induction of labor, augmentation of labor, steroids, antibiotics received by the mother during delivery, clinical chorioamnionitis diagnosed during labor or maternal temperature greater than or equal to  38°C, epidural or spinal anesthesia during labor).

Categories: Labor and Delivery