Is O9A.22 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. O9A.22 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does O9A.22 sit in the tabular list?

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified (O94-O9A).

O9A.22

O9A.22 — Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes complicating childbirth

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O9A.22 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes complicating childbirth. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above O9A.22

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of O9A.22, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on O9A.2 — Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

physical, sexual and psychological abuse complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O9A.3-, O9A.4-, O9A.5-)

Risk adjustment

O9A.22 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

O9A.22 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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How O9A.22 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 O9A.22.

Delivery›complicated›by›injury›nonobstetric
Delivery›complicated›by›trauma›non-obstetric

Code history

O9A.22 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share O9A.2. If O9A.22 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about O9A.22

Is O9A.22 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. O9A.22 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does O9A.22 sit in the tabular list?: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified (O94-O9A).