O26.6
O26.6: Liver and biliary tract disorders in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
O26.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for liver and biliary tract disorders in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- hepatorenal syndrome following labor and delivery (O90.41)
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code to identify the specific disorder
Other codes that can never be billed with O26.6
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Z03.7Encounter for suspected maternal and fetal conditions ruled out
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead O26.6
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under O26
- O26.0Excessive weight gain in pregnancy
- O26.1Low weight gain in pregnancy
- O26.2Pregnancy care for patient with recurrent pregnancy loss
- O26.3Retained intrauterine contraceptive device in pregnancy
- O26.4Herpes gestationis
- O26.5Maternal hypotension syndrome
- O26.7Subluxation of symphysis (pubis) in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O26.8Other specified pregnancy related conditions
- O26.9Pregnancy related conditions, unspecified