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O14.2

HELLP syndrome

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

  • O14.20 HELLP syndrome (HELLP), unspecified trimester
  • O14.22 HELLP syndrome (HELLP), second trimester
  • O14.23 HELLP syndrome (HELLP), third trimester
  • O14.24 HELLP syndrome, complicating childbirth
  • O14.25 HELLP syndrome, complicating the puerperium

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft HELLP syndrome

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from O14 Pre-eclampsia

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • pre-existing hypertension with pre-eclampsia (O11)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Showing 40 of 84 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
O14.0 Mild to moderate pre-eclampsia Not billable
O14.1 Severe pre-eclampsia Not billable
O14.9 Unspecified pre-eclampsia Not billable