O29
O29: Complications of anesthesia during pregnancy
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
O29 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for complications of anesthesia during pregnancy. 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.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code, if necessary, to identify the complication
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- maternal complications arising from the administration of a general, regional or local anesthetic, analgesic or other sedation during pregnancy
Other codes that can never be billed with O29
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- J95.4Chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia
- T41Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of anesthetics and therapeutic gases
- T88.2Shock due to anesthesia
- T88.2XXAShock due to anesthesia, initial encounter
- T88.2XXDShock due to anesthesia, subsequent encounter
- T88.2XXSShock due to anesthesia, sequela
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 O29
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- O29.0Pulmonary complications of anesthesia during pregnancy
- O29.1Cardiac complications of anesthesia during pregnancy
- O29.2Central nervous system complications of anesthesia during pregnancy
- O29.3Toxic reaction to local anesthesia during pregnancy
- O29.4Spinal and epidural anesthesia induced headache during pregnancy
- O29.5Other complications of spinal and epidural anesthesia during pregnancy
- O29.6Failed or difficult intubation for anesthesia during pregnancy
- O29.8Other complications of anesthesia during pregnancy
- O29.9Unspecified complication of anesthesia during pregnancy