O98.23

O98.23: Gonorrhea complicating the puerperium

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O98.23 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for gonorrhea complicating the puerperium. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above O98.23

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

Puerperal, puerperium›gonorrhea
Puerperal, puerperium›infection›maternal›gonorrhea

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O98.2