O89.9 — Complication of anesthesia during the puerperium, unspecified
O89.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for complication of anesthesia during the puerperium, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Other codes that can never be billed with O89.9
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at O89.9. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading O89.9 alone.
Risk adjustment
O89.9 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.
How O89.9 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 O89.9.
- Effect, adverse›anesthesia›postpartum, puerperal
Code history
O89.9 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O89. If O89.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- O89.0Pulmonary complications of anesthesia during the puerperium
- O89.1Cardiac complications of anesthesia during the puerperium
- O89.2Central nervous system complications of anesthesia during the puerperium
- O89.3Toxic reaction to local anesthesia during the puerperium
- O89.4Spinal and epidural anesthesia-induced headache during the puerperium
- O89.5Other complications of spinal and epidural anesthesia during the puerperium
- O89.6Failed or difficult intubation for anesthesia during the puerperium
- O89.8Other complications of anesthesia during the puerperium
Questions about O89.9
- Is O89.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O89.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O89.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications predominantly related to the puerperium (O85-O92).