Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth

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 4 more specific codes instead:

O24.420 Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth, diet controlled
O24.424 Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth, insulin controlled
O24.425 Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth, controlled by oral hypoglycemic drugs
O24.429 Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth, unspecified control

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth

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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
O24.41	Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy	Not billable
O24.43	Gestational diabetes mellitus in the puerperium	Not billable