O48.0
O48.0 — Post-term pregnancy
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
O48.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for post-term pregnancy. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Pregnancy over 40 completed weeks to 42 completed weeks gestation
Risk adjustment
O48.0 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 O48.0 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 O48.0.
- Post-dates(40-42 weeks) (pregnancy) (mother)
- Post-term(40-42 weeks) (pregnancy) (mother)
- Pregnancy›post-term(40 to 42 weeks)
- Pregnancy›postmature(40 to 42 weeks)
- Pregnancy›complicated by›postmaturity(post-term) (40 to 42 weeks)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O48. If O48.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O48.0
- Is O48.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O48.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O48.0 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).