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Minnesota WIC Program

651-201-4444

800-657-3942 (toll-free)

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Minnesota WIC Program

651-201-4444

800-657-3942 (toll-free)

WIC Risk Criteria

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100 - Low Weight for Height

101 - Underweight (Women)

103 - Underweight or At Risk of Becoming Underweight (Infants & Children)

110 - High Weight for Height

111 - Overweight (Women)

113 - Obese (Children 2-5 Years of Age)

114 - Overweight or At Risk of Overweight (Infants & Children)

115 - High Weight-for-Length (Infants & Children <24 Months of Age)

120 - Short Stature

121 - Short Stature or At Risk of Short Stature (Infants and Children)

130 - Inappropriate Growth/Weight Gain Pattern

131 - Low Maternal Weight Gain

133 - High Maternal Weight Gain

134 - Failure to Thrive

135 - Slowed/Faltering Growth Pattern

140 - Low Birth Weight/Premature Birth

141 - Low Birth Weight

142 - Preterm or Early Term Delivery

Attachment A: Calculating Gestation Adjusted Age

Guidelines for Growth Charts and Gestational Age Adjustment for Low Birth Weight and Very Low Birth Weight Infants

150 - Other Anthropometric Risks

151 - Small for Gestational Age

152 - Low Head Circumference

153 - Large for Gestational Age

200 - Hematocrit or Hemoglobin Below State Criteria

201 - Low Hematocrit/Low Hemoglobin

210 - Other Biochemical Tests which Indicate Nutritional Abnormality

211 - Elevated Blood Lead Levels

300 - Pregnancy - Induced Conditions

301 - Hyperemesis Gravidarum

302 - Gestational Diabetes

303 - History of Gestational Diabetes

304 - History of Preeclampsia (PDF)

310 - Delivery of Low - Birthweight / Premature Infant

311 - History of Preterm or Early Term Delivery

312 - History of Low Birth Weight

320 - Prior Stillbirth, Fetal or Neonatal Death

321 - History of Spontaneous Abortion, Fetal or Neonatal Loss

330 - General Obstetrical Risks

331 - Pregnancy at a Young Age

332 - Short Interpregnancy Interval

334 - Lack of Adequate Prenatal Care

335 - Multifetal Gestation

336 - Fetal Growth Restriction

337 - History of Birth of a Large for Gestational Age Infant

338 - Pregnant Woman Currently Breastfeeding (PDF)

339 - History of Birth with Nutrition Related Congenital or Birth Defect

340-360 - Nutrition-Related Risk Conditions
(e.g. Chronic Disease, Genetic Disorder, Infection)

370 - Substance Abuse (Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco)

371 - Maternal Smoking

372 - Alcohol and Substance Use

380 - Other Health Risks

381 - Oral Health Conditions

382 - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (PDF)

383 - Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

400-420 - Dietary

401 - Failure to Meet Dietary Guidelines for Americans

411 - Inappropriate Nutrition Practices for Infants

425 - Inappropriate Nutrition Practices for Children

427 - Inappropriate Nutrition Practices for Women

428 - Dietary Risk Associated with Complementary Feeding Practices

500 - Regression/Transfer/Presumptive Eligibility

501 - Possibility of Regression

502 - Transfer of Certification

600 - Breastfeeding Mother/Infant Dyad

601 - Breastfeeding Mother of Infant at Nutritional Risk

602 - Breastfeeding Complications or Potential Complications (Women)

603 - Breastfeeding Complications (Infants)

700 - Infant of a WIC-Eligible Mother or Mother at Risk during Pregnancy

701 - Infant Up to 6 Months Old of WIC Mother, or of a Woman Who Wopd Have Been Eligible during Pregnancy

702 - Breastfeeding Infant of Woman at Nutritional Risk

800 - Homelessness/Migrancy

801 - Homelessness

802 - Migrancy

900 - Other Nutritional Risks

901 - Recipient of Abuse

902 - Woman, or Infant/Child of Primary Caregiver with Limited Ability to Make Feeding Decisions and/or Prepare Food

903 - Foster Care

904 - Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure