Is O87.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. O87.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does O87.3 sit in the tabular list?

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications predominantly related to the puerperium (O85-O92).

O87.3

O87.3 — Cerebral venous thrombosis in the puerperium

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O87.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cerebral venous thrombosis in the puerperium. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

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

Cerebrovenous sinus thrombosis in the puerperium

Other codes that can never be billed with O87.3

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at O87.3. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading O87.3 alone.

G08Intracranial and intraspinal phlebitis and thrombophlebitis

Risk adjustment

O87.3 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.

Medicare coverage

O87.3 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

How O87.3 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 O87.3.

Thrombosis, thrombotic›cerebrovenous sinus›puerperium
Thrombosis, thrombotic›intracranial›venous sinus›puerperium
Thrombosis, thrombotic›puerperal, postpartum›brain›venous(sinus)
Thrombosis, thrombotic›puerperal, postpartum›cerebral›venous(sinus)

Related codes at this level

Codes that share O87. If O87.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about O87.3

Is O87.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. O87.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does O87.3 sit in the tabular list?: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications predominantly related to the puerperium (O85-O92).