O99.2
O99.2 — Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
O99.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
Risk adjustment
O99.2 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 O99.2
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O99. If O99.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- O99.0Anemia complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O99.1Other diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O99.3Mental disorders and diseases of the nervous system complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O99.4Diseases of the circulatory system complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O99.5Diseases of the respiratory system complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O99.6Diseases of the digestive system complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O99.7Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O99.8Other specified diseases and conditions complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
Questions about O99.2
- Is O99.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. O99.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does O99.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified (O94-O9A).