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O24.91

Unspecified diabetes mellitus 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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • O24.911 Unspecified diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, first trimester
  • O24.912 Unspecified diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, second trimester
  • O24.913 Unspecified diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, third trimester
  • O24.919 Unspecified diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, unspecified trimester

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 Unspecified diabetes mellitus 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.

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.

Showing 40 of 90 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
O24.92 Unspecified diabetes mellitus in childbirth Valid
O24.93 Unspecified diabetes mellitus in the puerperium Valid