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O90.49

O90.49: Other postpartum acute kidney failure

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O90.49 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other postpartum acute kidney failure. 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.

  • Postpartum acute kidney failure
  • Puerperal anuria
  • Puerperal oliguria

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above O90.49

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on O90.4: Postpartum acute kidney failure

  • anuria and oliguria (R34)

Other codes that can never be billed with O90.49

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

  • R34Anuria and oliguria

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

O90.49 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56531Billing and Coding: Octreotide Acetate for Injectable Suspension (Sandostatin® LAR Depot)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Anuria›puerperal
  • Oliguria›puerperal
  • Puerperal, puerperium›uremia(due to renal failure)
  • Puerperal, puerperium›failure›renal, acute
  • Puerperal, puerperium›necrosis, liver›with renal failure
  • Puerperal, puerperium›renal›failure
  • Failure, failed›renal›following›labor and delivery(acute)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O90.4

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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