Section 441.214 - Newborn
441.214 Newborn. (a) An inpatient newly born in the hospital and accepted for routine care and lodging in a newborn bed facility. Stillbirths are not to be considered newborn.
(b) The following should not be included as newborn patient days:
(1) boarder babies for nonmedical reasons;
(2) premature infants;
(3) infants born outside of hospital;
(4) newborn who, for medical reasons, remain in the hospital after the mother's discharge; and
(5) newborn who become sick and require general hospital care.