ICD-10-CM › O00-O9A › O30-O48 › O34 Maternal care for abnormality of... › O34.2

O34.2

Maternal care due to uterine scar from previous surgery

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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • O34.21 Maternal care for scar from previous cesarean delivery (also a header)
  • O34.22 Maternal care for cesarean scar defect (isthmocele)
  • O34.29 Maternal care due to uterine scar from other previous surgery

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 due to uterine scar from previous surgery

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 O34 Maternal care for abnormality of pelvic organs

Use additional code

  • code for specific condition

Code first

  • any associated obstructed labor (O65.5)

Includes

  • the listed conditions as a reason for hospitalization or other obstetric care of the mother, or for cesarean delivery before onset of labor

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
O34.0 Maternal care for congenital malformation of uterus Not billable
O34.1 Maternal care for benign tumor of corpus uteri Not billable
O34.3 Maternal care for cervical incompetence Not billable
O34.4 Maternal care for other abnormalities of cervix Not billable
O34.5 Maternal care for other abnormalities of gravid uterus Not billable
O34.6 Maternal care for abnormality of vagina Not billable
O34.7 Maternal care for abnormality of vulva and perineum Not billable
O34.8 Maternal care for other abnormalities of pelvic organs Not billable
O34.9 Maternal care for abnormality of pelvic organ, unspecified Not billable