Is O24.429 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. O24.429 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does O24.429 sit in the tabular list?

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy (O20-O29).

O24.429

O24.429 — Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth, unspecified control

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O24.429 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth, unspecified control. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

O24.429 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 O24.429 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 O24.429.

Diabetes, diabetic›gestational›in childbirth
Delivery›complicated›by›diabetes›gestational
Delivery›complicated›by›gestational›diabetes

Related codes at this level

Codes that share O24.42. If O24.429 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about O24.429

Is O24.429 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. O24.429 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does O24.429 sit in the tabular list?: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy (O20-O29).