O02.81

O02.81: Inappropriate change in quantitative human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in early pregnancy

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O02.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for inappropriate change in quantitative human chorionic gonadotropin (hcg) in early pregnancy. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check O02.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Biochemical pregnancy
Chemical pregnancy
Inappropriate level of quantitative human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) for gestational age in early pregnancy

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above O02.81

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on O02.8: Other specified abnormal products of conception

abnormal products of conception with blighted ovum (O02.0)
abnormal products of conception with hydatidiform mole (O01.-)
abnormal products of conception with nonhydatidiform mole (O02.0)

Written on O02: Other abnormal products of conception

papyraceous fetus (O31.0-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Inappropriate›change in quantitative human chorionic gonadotropin in early pregnancy(hCG)
Inappropriate›level of quantitative human chorionic gonadotropin for gestational age in early pregnancy(hCG)
Pregnancy›biochemical
Pregnancy›chemical

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O02.8

O02.89Other abnormal products of conception