O98.81
O98.81 — Other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
O98.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
O98.81 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.
Code to one of these instead O98.81
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- O98.811Other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, first trimester
- O98.812Other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, second trimester
- O98.813Other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, third trimester
- O98.819Other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O98.8. If O98.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O98.81
- Is O98.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. O98.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does O98.81 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified (O94-O9A).