O99.842
O99.842 — Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, second trimester
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
O99.842 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, second trimester. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
O99.842 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.
Medicare coverage
O99.842 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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Related codes at this level
Codes that share O99.84. If O99.842 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- O99.840Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester
- O99.841Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, first trimester
- O99.843Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, third trimester
- O99.844Bariatric surgery status complicating childbirth
- O99.845Bariatric surgery status complicating the puerperium
Questions about O99.842
- Is O99.842 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O99.842 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O99.842 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified (O94-O9A).