Hyperemesis gravidarum with metabolic disturbance

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Hyperemesis gravidarum with metabolic disturbance

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 the O20-O29 section Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy (O20-O29)

Excludes2 - not included here

maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems (O30-O48)
maternal diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the puerperium (O98-O99)

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.

Nausea > gravidarum
Disturbance > electrolyte
Pregnancy > complicated by > hyperemesis
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > electrolyte
Pregnancy > complicated by > vomiting > hyperemesis gravidarum
Hyperemesis > gravidarum > severe
Hyperemesis > gravidarum > with > dehydration
Hyperemesis > gravidarum > with > electrolyte imbalance
Hyperemesis > gravidarum > with > metabolic disturbance
Imbalance > electrolyte > due to hyperemesis gravidarum
Hyperemesis > gravidarum > with > carbohydrate depletion

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
O21.0	Mild hyperemesis gravidarum	Valid
O21.2	Late vomiting of pregnancy	Valid
O21.8	Other vomiting complicating pregnancy	Valid
O21.9	Vomiting of pregnancy, unspecified	Valid