O07.37

O07.37: Sepsis following failed attempted termination of pregnancy

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O07.37 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sepsis following failed attempted termination of pregnancy. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check O07.37 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

septic or septicopyemic embolism following failed attempted termination of pregnancy (O07.2)

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent
code (R65.2-) to identify severe sepsis, if applicable

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above O07.37

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on O07: Failed attempted termination of pregnancy

incomplete spontaneous abortion (O03.0-)

Other codes that can never be billed with O07.37

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

O02.1Missed abortion
O07.0Genital tract and pelvic infection following failed attempted termination of pregnancy
O07.31Shock following failed attempted termination of pregnancy

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Abortion›attempted›complicated by›sepsis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.