O87.8

O87.8: Other venous complications in the puerperium

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O87.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other venous complications in the puerperium. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check O87.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Genital varices in the puerperium

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above O87.8

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

Written on O87: Venous complications and hemorrhoids in the puerperium

obstetric embolism (O88.-)
puerperal septic thrombophlebitis (O86.81)
venous complications in pregnancy (O22.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with O87.8

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

I86.3Vulval varices

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Puerperal, puerperium›varicose veins›vulva or perineum
Varix›complicating›childbirth›genital(vagina, vulva or perineum)
Varix›complicating›puerperium›genital(vagina, vulva, perineum)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O87