Is O24.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. O24.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does O24.9 sit in the tabular list?

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

O24.9

O24.9 — Unspecified diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

O24.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. 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 (for):
from categories E08, E09 and E13 to further identify any manifestation
injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs (Z79.85)
long-term (current) use of insulin (Z79.4)

Risk adjustment

O24.9 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 O24.9

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share O24. If O24.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about O24.9

Is O24.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. O24.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does O24.9 sit in the tabular list?: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy (O20-O29).