O36.4

O36.4: Maternal care for intrauterine death

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

O36.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for maternal care for intrauterine death. 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 O36. 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 O36 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

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

missed abortion (O02.1)
stillbirth (P95)

Inclusion terms

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

Maternal care for intrauterine fetal death NOS
Maternal care for intrauterine fetal death after completion of 20 weeks of gestation
Maternal care for late fetal death
Maternal care for missed delivery

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above O36.4

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on O36: Maternal care for other fetal problems

encounter for suspected maternal and fetal conditions ruled out (Z03.7-)
placental transfusion syndromes (O43.0-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above O36.4

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

Written on O36: Maternal care for other fetal problems

labor and delivery complicated by fetal stress (O77.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with O36.4

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

Z03.7Encounter for suspected maternal and fetal conditions ruled out
O02.1Missed abortion
P95Stillbirth
Z33.2Encounter for elective termination of pregnancy

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Dead›fetus, retained(mother)
Delivery›missed(at or near term)
Missed›delivery
Pregnancy›complicated by›death of fetus(near term)
Pregnancy›complicated by›intrauterine fetal death(near term)
Retention›dead›fetus(at or near term) (mother)
Retention›fetus›dead
Pregnancy›complicated by›fetal›death(near term)
Pregnancy›complicated by›fetal›intrauterine death
Pregnancy›complicated by›missed›delivery