O13
O13 — Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
O13 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- gestational hypertension NOS
- transient hypertension of pregnancy
Other codes that can never be billed with O13
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at O13. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading O13 alone.
- I10Essential (primary) hypertension
Risk adjustment
O13 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.
Code to one of these instead O13
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- O13.1Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, first trimester
- O13.2Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, second trimester
- O13.3Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, third trimester
- O13.4Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, complicating childbirth
- O13.5Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, complicating the puerperium
- O13.9Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, unspecified trimester
Questions about O13
- Is O13 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. O13 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does O13 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Edema, proteinuria and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O10-O16).