Guidelines for Reporting Live Births, Infant Deaths, Fetal Deaths & ITOPs

A new and improved Decision Tree, re-worked by the Birth Data Quality’s Fetal Death Subgroup, is now available. This flowchart is intended to help clinicians report the appropriate perinatal event by providing a detailed definition of each event and delineating the sequence of reporting. Please contact NCHS (Births@cdc.gov)or NAPHSIS (hq@naphsis.org) for copies.