O98.83
O98.83 — Other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating the puerperium
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
O98.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating the puerperium. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
O98.83 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 O98.83 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 O98.83.
- Infection, infected, infective›streptococcal NEC›B genitourinary complicating›puerperium
- Puerperal, puerperium›infection›maternal›specified NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O98.8. If O98.83 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O98.83
- Is O98.83 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O98.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O98.83 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified (O94-O9A).