Is O08.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. O08.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does O08.6 sit in the tabular list?

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O08).

O08.6

O08.6 — Damage to pelvic organs and tissues following an ectopic and molar pregnancy

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O08.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for damage to pelvic organs and tissues following an ectopic and molar pregnancy. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

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

Laceration, perforation, tear or chemical damage of bladder following an ectopic and molar pregnancy
Laceration, perforation, tear or chemical damage of bowel following an ectopic and molar pregnancy
Laceration, perforation, tear or chemical damage of broad ligament following an ectopic and molar pregnancy
Laceration, perforation, tear or chemical damage of cervix following an ectopic and molar pregnancy
Laceration, perforation, tear or chemical damage of periurethral tissue following an ectopic and molar pregnancy
Laceration, perforation, tear or chemical damage of uterus following an ectopic and molar pregnancy
Laceration, perforation, tear or chemical damage of vagina following an ectopic and molar pregnancy

Risk adjustment

O08.6 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How O08.6 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to O08.6.

Obstetrical trauma›with or following ectopic or molar pregnancy
Penetrating wound›uterus by instrument with or following ectopic or molar pregnancy
Trauma, traumatism›complicating ectopic or molar pregnancy
Trauma, traumatism›following ectopic or molar pregnancy
Complication›ectopic pregnancy›damage to pelvic organs
Complication›molar pregnancy NOS›damage to pelvic organs
Injury›internal›urethra following ectopic or molar pregnancy(sphincter)
Injury›uterus, uterine›with ectopic or molar pregnancy
Laceration›anus›following ectopic or molar pregnancy
Laceration›bladder›following ectopic or molar pregnancy
Laceration›bladder›with ectopic or molar pregnancy
Laceration›bowel›following ectopic or molar pregnancy

Related codes at this level

Codes that share O08. If O08.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about O08.6

Is O08.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. O08.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does O08.6 sit in the tabular list?: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O08).