O29.9

O29.9: Unspecified complication of anesthesia during pregnancy

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

O29.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified complication of anesthesia during pregnancy. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above O29.9

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on O29: Complications of anesthesia during pregnancy

complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery (O74.-)
complications of anesthesia during the puerperium (O89.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with O29.9

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

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

4 child codes. Green means billable.