O26.7
O26.7 — Subluxation of symphysis (pubis) in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
O26.7 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for subluxation of symphysis (pubis) in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- traumatic separation of symphysis (pubis) during childbirth (O71.6)
Risk adjustment
O26.7 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 O26.7
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O26. If O26.7 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
- O26.6Liver and biliary tract disorders in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O26.8Other specified pregnancy related conditions
- O26.9Pregnancy related conditions, unspecified
Questions about O26.7
- Is O26.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. O26.7 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does O26.7 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy (O20-O29).
- What cannot be coded together with O26.7?
- O26.7 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.