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O23

Infections of genitourinary tract 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 7 more specific codes instead:

  • O23.0 Infections of kidney in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O23.1 Infections of bladder in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O23.2 Infections of urethra in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O23.3 Infections of other parts of urinary tract in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O23.4 Unspecified infection of urinary tract in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O23.5 Infections of the genital tract in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O23.9 Unspecified genitourinary tract infection in pregnancy (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 Infections of genitourinary tract 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

Excludes2 - not included here

  • gonococcal infections complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.2)
  • infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission NOS complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.3)
  • syphilis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.1)
  • tuberculosis of genitourinary system complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.0)
  • venereal disease NOS complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.3)

Use additional code

  • code to identify organism (B95.-, B96.-)

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)