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O34.212
Maternal care for vertical scar from previous cesarean delivery
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.
- FY2017 Added to the code set Maternal care for vertical scar from previous cesarean delivery
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
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.
- Labor
- Childbirth
- Parturition
- Accouchement
- Malposition > fetus
- Presentation, fetal
- Delivery > obstructed
- Birth > complications in mother
- Delivery > complicated > by > tear
- Delivery > complicated > by > bleeding
- Delivery > complicated > by > perforation
- Delivery > complicated > by > metrorrhexis
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > labor
- Delivery > complicated > by > disruptio uteri
- Pregnancy > complicated by > presentation, fetal
- Delivery > complicated > by > injury > nonobstetric > caused by abuse
- Delivery > complicated > by > malposition, malpresentation > without obstruction
- Delivery > cesarean > scar > cesarean delivery > classical
- Delivery > cesarean > previous > cesarean delivery > classical scar
- Delivery > vaginal, following previous cesarean delivery > classical scar
- Cesarean delivery, previous, affecting management of pregnancy > classical scar
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O34.211 | Maternal care for low transverse scar from previous cesarean delivery | Valid |
| O34.218 | Maternal care for other type scar from previous cesarean delivery | Valid |
| O34.219 | Maternal care for unspecified type scar from previous cesarean delivery | Valid |