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O98.82

O98.82: Other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating childbirth

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O98.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating childbirth. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above O98.82

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

  • Infection, infected, infective›streptococcal NEC›B genitourinary complicating›childbirth
  • Delivery›complicated›by›infection›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O98.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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