Originally published July 26, 2018. ICD-10 codes are updated every October; check that each code is still valid and fully specified (trimester, episode) before billing. Payer rules change; confirm current CMS and payer requirements before billing.
Complications of pregnancy are health problems caused by the pregnancy. Below are the most commonly coded maternity complications.
- O00.9
- Ectopic pregnancy: implantation of the embryo outside the uterus
- O13.9
- Pregnancy-induced hypertension (gestational hypertension)
- O14.9
- Pre-eclampsia: high blood pressure with protein in the urine, or liver or kidney abnormalities, after 20 weeks
- O15.00
- Eclampsia: seizures in a patient with pre-eclampsia
- O21.1
- Hyperemesis gravidarum: severe, persistent vomiting
- O22.30
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- O23.40
- Urinary tract infection
- O24.410
- Gestational diabetes: high blood sugar developing during pregnancy, usually around week 24
- O36.0990
- Rhesus isoimmunization: Rh-negative mother with an Rh-positive baby
- O41.00X0
- Oligohydramnios: too little amniotic fluid
- O44.00
- Placenta previa: placenta fully or partly covers the cervix
- O45.90
- Placental abruption: separation of the placenta from the uterus
- O60.00
- Preterm labor: labor before 37 completed weeks
- O99.019
- Anemia complicating pregnancy
- O99.820
- Group B strep carrier in pregnancy
- R10.2
- Pelvic girdle pain