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O87.9

O87.9: Venous complication in the puerperium, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O87.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for venous complication in the puerperium, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

  • Puerperal phlebopathy NOS

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above O87.9

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.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Phlebopathy,›puerperal
  • Puerperal, puerperium›venous

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O87

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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