O90.9
O90.9 — Complication of the puerperium, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
O90.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for complication of the puerperium, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
O90.9 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 O90.9 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 O90.9.
- Puerperal, puerperium›complications
- Puerperal, puerperium›disease
- Puerperal, puerperium›disorder
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O90. If O90.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- O90.0Disruption of cesarean delivery wound
- O90.1Disruption of perineal obstetric wound
- O90.2Hematoma of obstetric wound
- O90.3Peripartum cardiomyopathy
- O90.4Postpartum acute kidney failure
- O90.5Postpartum thyroiditis
- O90.6Postpartum mood disturbance
- O90.8Other complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified
Questions about O90.9
- Is O90.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O90.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O90.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications predominantly related to the puerperium (O85-O92).