O9A.23 - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes complicating the puerperium
ICD-10-CM Chapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium · O94-O9A Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified (O94-O9A) · Subcategory of O9A.2 · FY2027
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- physical, sexual and psychological abuse complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O9A.3-, O9A.4-, O9A.5-)
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code(s) to identify the injury or poisoning
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
- obstetrical tetanus (A34)
- postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)
- puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
- Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
- Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
- 1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
- 2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
- 3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery
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