Is O32.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. O32.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does O32.2 sit in the tabular list?

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems (O30-O48).

What cannot be coded together with O32.2?

O32.2 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above O32.2 (O32) and apply to it just the same.

O32.2

O32.2 — Maternal care for transverse and oblique lie

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

O32.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for maternal care for transverse and oblique lie. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code under category O32. 7th character 0 is for single gestations and multiple gestations where the fetus is unspecified. 7th characters 1 through 9 are for cases of multiple gestations to identify the fetus for which the code applies. The appropriate code from category O30, Multiple gestation, must also be assigned when assigning a code from category O32 that has a 7th character of 1 through 9.

0: not applicable or unspecified
1: fetus 1
2: fetus 2
3: fetus 3
4: fetus 4
5: fetus 5
9: other fetus

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Maternal care for oblique presentation
Maternal care for transverse presentation

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above O32.2

These are not written on O32.2, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing O32.2 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on O32 — Maternal care for malpresentation of fetus

malpresentation of fetus with obstructed labor (O64.-)

Risk adjustment

O32.2 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.

How O32.2 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to O32.2.

Prolapse, prolapsed›arm or hand
Transverse›lie(mother)
Delivery›cesarean›acromion presentation
Delivery›cesarean›oblique presentation
Delivery›cesarean›shoulder presentation
Delivery›cesarean›transverse presentation or lie
Pregnancy›complicated by›oblique lie or presentation
Pregnancy›complicated by›transverse lie or presentation
Delivery›cesarean›prolapse›arm or hand
Delivery›complicated›by›prolapse›arm or hand
Delivery›complicated›by›malposition, malpresentation›without obstruction›oblique
Delivery›complicated›by›malposition, malpresentation›without obstruction›transverse

Code history

O32.2 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead O32.2

7 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share O32. If O32.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about O32.2

Is O32.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. O32.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does O32.2 sit in the tabular list?: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems (O30-O48).
What cannot be coded together with O32.2?: O32.2 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above O32.2 (O32) and apply to it just the same.