O99.63

O99.63: Diseases of the digestive system complicating the puerperium

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O99.63 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for diseases of the digestive system complicating the puerperium. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check O99.63 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above O99.63

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

Written on O99.6: Diseases of the digestive system complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

hemorrhoids in pregnancy (O22.4-)
liver and biliary tract disorders in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O26.6-)

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.

Medicare coverage

O99.63 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Puerperal, puerperium›digestive system disorder
Puerperal, puerperium›gastrointestinal disease NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.