O88
O88 — Obstetric embolism
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
O88 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for obstetric embolism. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Other codes that can never be billed with O88
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at O88. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading O88 alone.
- O85Puerperal sepsis
- T79.1XXSFat embolism (traumatic), sequela
- T79.0Air embolism (traumatic)
- T79.0XXAAir embolism (traumatic), initial encounter
- T79.0XXDAir embolism (traumatic), subsequent encounter
- T79.0XXSAir embolism (traumatic), sequela
- T79.1Fat embolism (traumatic)
- T79.1XXAFat embolism (traumatic), initial encounter
Risk adjustment
O88 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.
Code to one of these instead O88
5 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about O88
- Is O88 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. O88 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does O88 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications predominantly related to the puerperium (O85-O92).
- What cannot be coded together with O88?
- O88 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.