O35.8: Maternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage
O35.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for maternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage. 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 O35. 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 O35 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 damage to fetus from maternal listeriosis
- Maternal care for damage to fetus from maternal toxoplasmosis
Other codes that can never be billed with O35.8
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.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Pregnancy›complicated by›fetal›abnormality or damage›specified type NEC
- Pregnancy›complicated by›fetal›damage from›maternal›disease NEC
- Pregnancy›complicated by›fetal›damage from›maternal›listeriosis
- Pregnancy›complicated by›fetal›damage from›maternal›toxoplasmosis
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead O35.8
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- O35.8XX0Maternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, not applicable or unspecified
- O35.8XX1Maternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetus 1
- O35.8XX2Maternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetus 2
- O35.8XX3Maternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetus 3
- O35.8XX4Maternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetus 4
- O35.8XX5Maternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetus 5
- O35.8XX9Maternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, other fetus
Other codes under O35
- O35.0Maternal care for (suspected) central nervous system malformation in fetus
- O35.1Maternal care for (suspected) chromosomal abnormality in fetus
- O35.AMaternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetal facial anomalies
- O35.BMaternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetal cardiac anomalies
- O35.CMaternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetal pulmonary anomalies
- O35.DMaternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetal gastrointestinal anomalies
- O35.EMaternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetal genitourinary anomalies
- O35.FMaternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetal musculoskeletal anomalies of trunk
- O35.GMaternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetal upper extremities anomalies
- O35.HMaternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetal lower extremities anomalies
- O35.2Maternal care for (suspected) hereditary disease in fetus
- O35.3Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus from viral disease in mother
- O35.4Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus from alcohol
- O35.5Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus by drugs
- O35.6Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus by radiation
- O35.7Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus by other medical procedures
- O35.9Maternal care for (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, unspecified