O22.2
O22.2 — Superficial thrombophlebitis in pregnancy
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
O22.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial thrombophlebitis in pregnancy. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code to identify the superficial thrombophlebitis (I80.0-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Phlebitis in pregnancy NOS
- Thrombophlebitis of legs in pregnancy
- Thrombosis in pregnancy NOS
Risk adjustment
O22.2 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 O22.2
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O22. If O22.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O22.2
- Is O22.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. O22.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does O22.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy (O20-O29).