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O99.02

O99.02: Anemia complicating childbirth

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O99.02 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for anemia complicating childbirth. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above O99.02

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Written on O99.0: Anemia complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

  • anemia arising in the puerperium (O90.81)
  • postpartum anemia NOS (O90.81)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above O99.02

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

Written on O99: Other maternal diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

  • when the reason for maternal care is that the condition 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›anemia(pre-existing)
  • Pregnancy›complicated by›anemia›complicating childbirth

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O99.0

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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