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O25.1

Malnutrition 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:

  • O25.10 Malnutrition in pregnancy, unspecified trimester
  • O25.11 Malnutrition in pregnancy, first trimester
  • O25.12 Malnutrition in pregnancy, second trimester
  • O25.13 Malnutrition in pregnancy, third 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 Malnutrition 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
O25.2 Malnutrition in childbirth Valid
O25.3 Malnutrition in the puerperium Valid