O99.8 — Other specified diseases and conditions complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
O99.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified diseases and conditions 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.
- genitourinary infections in pregnancy (O23.-)
- infection of genitourinary tract following delivery (O86.1-O86.4)
- malignant neoplasm complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O9A.1-)
- maternal care for known or suspected abnormality of maternal pelvic organs (O34.-)
- postpartum acute kidney failure (O90.49)
- traumatic injuries in pregnancy (O9A.2-)
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code to identify condition
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
Other codes that can never be billed with O99.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at O99.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading O99.8 alone.
Risk adjustment
O99.8 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 O99.8
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- O99.81Abnormal glucose complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O99.82Streptococcus B carrier state complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O99.83Other infection carrier state complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O99.84Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O99.89Other specified diseases and conditions complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O99. If O99.8 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
- O99.2Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases 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
Questions about O99.8
- Is O99.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. O99.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does O99.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified (O94-O9A).