Lab Assignment: Respiratory Cleft Palate Essay

1. Write a 1-2 page paper about infants born with a cleft lip and palate. Be sure to answer all of the questions below:

What are the different types of cleft lip and palate?
What are some complications that an infant could experience with a cleft lip and palate?
How is it diagnosed?
What is the treatment?
On average, how many surgeries will a child with a cleft lip and palate have to undergo?
What is nasoalveolar molding?
What two CPT codes represent repair of a nasal deformity secondary to congenital cleft lip and/or palate?

When you are finished, name your file “Cleft Palate Essay”