O99.334
O99.334 — Smoking (tobacco) complicating childbirth
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
O99.334 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for smoking (tobacco) complicating childbirth. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
O99.334 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 O99.334 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 O99.334.
- Tobacco›use›complicating›childbirth
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O99.33. If O99.334 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- O99.330Smoking (tobacco) complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester
- O99.331Smoking (tobacco) complicating pregnancy, first trimester
- O99.332Smoking (tobacco) complicating pregnancy, second trimester
- O99.333Smoking (tobacco) complicating pregnancy, third trimester
- O99.335Smoking (tobacco) complicating the puerperium
Questions about O99.334
- Is O99.334 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O99.334 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O99.334 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified (O94-O9A).