O00-O9A - Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

ICD-10-CM Chapter 15 · 9 sections · 72 categories · 3,079 codes · FY2027

Covers conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium including complications of pregnancy and delivery.

Chapter Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom Chapter O00-O9A

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter O00-O9A

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)
Use Additional CodeFrom Chapter O00-O9A

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.
NotesFrom Chapter O00-O9A

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

Categories in this Chapter (72)

O00-O08Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O08)(7)

O09Supervision of high risk pregnancy (O09)(1)

O10-O16Edema, proteinuria and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O10-O16)(7)

O20-O29Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy (O20-O29)(9)

O30-O48Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems (O30-O48)(16)

O60-O77Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)(18)

O80-O82Encounter for delivery (O80-O82)(2)

O85-O92Complications predominantly related to the puerperium (O85-O92)(8)

O94-O9AOther obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified (O94-O9A)(4)