ICD-10-CM › O00-O9A › O20-O29 › O26 Maternal care for other conditions... › O26.9
Pregnancy related conditions, unspecified
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:
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 Pregnancy related conditions, unspecified
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.
- Pregnancy > high-risk
- Supervision > pregnancy
- Pregnancy > normal > high-risk
- Supervision > high-risk pregnancy
- Pregnancy > examination > high-risk
- Encounter > pregnancy > supervision of
- Pregnancy > prenatal care only > high-risk
- Pregnancy > complicated by > previous history of
- Pregnancy > complicated NOS
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O26.0 | Excessive weight gain in pregnancy | Not billable |
| O26.1 | Low weight gain in pregnancy | Not billable |
| O26.2 | Pregnancy care for patient with recurrent pregnancy loss | Not billable |
| O26.3 | Retained intrauterine contraceptive device in pregnancy | Not billable |
| O26.4 | Herpes gestationis | Not billable |
| O26.5 | Maternal hypotension syndrome | Not billable |
| O26.6 | Liver and biliary tract disorders in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | Not billable |
| O26.7 | Subluxation of symphysis (pubis) in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | Not billable |
| O26.8 | Other specified pregnancy related conditions | Not billable |