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O22

Venous complications and hemorrhoids in pregnancy

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 8 more specific codes instead:

  • O22.0 Varicose veins of lower extremity in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O22.1 Genital varices in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O22.2 Superficial thrombophlebitis in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O22.3 Deep phlebothrombosis in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O22.4 Hemorrhoids in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O22.5 Cerebral venous thrombosis in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O22.8 Other venous complications in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O22.9 Venous complication in pregnancy, unspecified (also a header)

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 Venous complications and hemorrhoids in pregnancy

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • venous complications of:
  • abortion NOS (O03.9)
  • ectopic or molar pregnancy (O08.7)
  • failed attempted abortion (O07.35)
  • induced abortion (O04.85)
  • spontaneous abortion (O03.89)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • obstetric pulmonary embolism (O88.-)
  • venous complications and hemorrhoids of childbirth and the puerperium (O87.-)

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)