Maternal care for scar from previous cesarean delivery

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2016 only, and a category header from FY2017.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

O34.211 Maternal care for low transverse scar from previous cesarean delivery
O34.212 Maternal care for vertical scar from previous cesarean delivery
O34.218 Maternal care for other type scar from previous cesarean delivery
O34.219 Maternal care for unspecified type scar from previous cesarean delivery

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Maternal care for scar from previous cesarean delivery
FY2017 Stopped being billable

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

Code	Description	Status
O34.22	Maternal care for cesarean scar defect (isthmocele)	Valid
O34.29	Maternal care due to uterine scar from other previous surgery	Valid