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O29

Complications of anesthesia during 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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • O29.0 Pulmonary complications of anesthesia during pregnancy (also a header)
  • O29.1 Cardiac complications of anesthesia during pregnancy (also a header)
  • O29.2 Central nervous system complications of anesthesia during pregnancy (also a header)
  • O29.3 Toxic reaction to local anesthesia during pregnancy (also a header)
  • O29.4 Spinal and epidural anesthesia induced headache during pregnancy (also a header)
  • O29.5 Other complications of spinal and epidural anesthesia during pregnancy (also a header)
  • O29.6 Failed or difficult intubation for anesthesia during pregnancy (also a header)
  • O29.8 Other complications of anesthesia during pregnancy (also a header)
  • O29.9 Unspecified complication of anesthesia during pregnancy (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 Complications of anesthesia during 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.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

  • complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery (O74.-)
  • complications of anesthesia during the puerperium (O89.-)

Use additional code

  • code, if necessary, to identify the complication

Includes

  • maternal complications arising from the administration of a general, regional or local anesthetic, analgesic or other sedation during pregnancy

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)