O24.32 — Unspecified pre-existing diabetes mellitus in childbirth
O24.32 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified pre-existing diabetes mellitus in childbirth. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Other codes that can never be billed with O24.32
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at O24.32. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading O24.32 alone.
- R73Elevated blood glucose level
Risk adjustment
O24.32 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
O24.32 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.
- A52464Glucose Monitor - Policy Article
- A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
How O24.32 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 O24.32.
- Delivery›complicated›by›diabetes›pre-existing
Code history
O24.32 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O24.3. If O24.32 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O24.32
- Is O24.32 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O24.32 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O24.32 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy (O20-O29).