O08.89 — Other complications following an ectopic and molar pregnancy
O08.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other complications following an ectopic and molar pregnancy. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
O08.89 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.
Medicare coverage
O08.89 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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How O08.89 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 O08.89.
- Lymphangitis›following ectopic or molar pregnancy
- Complication›following›ectopic or molar pregnancy›specified type NEC
- Pregnancy›ectopic›complicated›specified condition NEC
- Pregnancy›molar NEC›complicated›specified condition NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O08.8. If O08.89 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O08.89
- Is O08.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O08.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O08.89 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O08).