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O26

Maternal care for other conditions predominantly related to 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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • O26.0 Excessive weight gain in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O26.1 Low weight gain in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O26.2 Pregnancy care for patient with recurrent pregnancy loss (also a header)
  • O26.3 Retained intrauterine contraceptive device in pregnancy (also a header)
  • O26.4 Herpes gestationis (also a header)
  • O26.5 Maternal hypotension syndrome (also a header)
  • O26.6 Liver and biliary tract disorders in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (also a header)
  • O26.7 Subluxation of symphysis (pubis) in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (also a header)
  • O26.8 Other specified pregnancy related conditions (also a header)
  • O26.9 Pregnancy related conditions, 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 Maternal care for other conditions predominantly related to 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)