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O99.215

O99.215: Obesity complicating the puerperium

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O99.215 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for obesity complicating the puerperium. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above O99.215

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

Written on O99.2: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

  • diabetes mellitus (O24.-)
  • malnutrition (O25.-)
  • postpartum thyroiditis (O90.5)

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

  • Puerperal, puerperium›obesity(pre-existing prior to pregnancy)
  • Obesity›complicating›puerperium

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O99.21

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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