O89.09 — Other pulmonary complications of anesthesia during the puerperium
O89.09 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other pulmonary complications of anesthesia during the puerperium. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
O89.09 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
O89.09 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
- A57224Billing and Coding: Respiratory Care
How O89.09 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 O89.09.
- Collapse›lung›pressure due to anesthesia or other sedation›postpartum, puerperal
- Complication›anesthesia, anesthetic›pulmonary›postpartum, puerperal
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O89.0. If O89.09 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O89.09
- Is O89.09 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O89.09 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O89.09 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications predominantly related to the puerperium (O85-O92).