O04.6

O04.6: Delayed or excessive hemorrhage following (induced) termination of pregnancy

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O04.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for delayed or excessive hemorrhage following (induced) termination of pregnancy. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Afibrinogenemia following (induced) termination of pregnancy
Defibrination syndrome following (induced) termination of pregnancy
Hemolysis following (induced) termination of pregnancy
Intravascular coagulation following (induced) termination of pregnancy

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above O04.6

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on O04: Complications following (induced) termination of pregnancy

encounter for elective termination of pregnancy (Z33.2)
failed attempted termination of pregnancy (O07.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

O04.6 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57189Billing and Coding: Serum Magnesium

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Abortion›induced›complicated by›afibrinogenemia
Abortion›induced›complicated by›defibrination syndrome
Abortion›induced›complicated by›hemolysis
Abortion›induced›complicated by›hemorrhage(delayed) (excessive)
Abortion›induced›complicated by›intravascular coagulation

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.