O98.12

O98.12: Syphilis complicating childbirth

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O98.12 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for syphilis complicating childbirth. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above O98.12

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on O98: Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

herpes gestationis (O26.4-)
infectious carrier state (O99.82-, O99.83-)
obstetrical tetanus (A34)
puerperal infection (O86.-)
puerperal sepsis (O85)
when the reason for maternal care is that the disease is known or suspected to have affected the fetus (O35-O36)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Delivery›complicated›by›syphilis(maternal)
Delivery›complicated›by›infection›syphilis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O98.1