Maternal care for unspecified type scar from previous cesarean delivery

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2017 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

FY2017 Added to the code set Maternal care for unspecified type 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

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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
Delivery > cesarean > previous > cesarean delivery
Delivery > vaginal, following previous cesarean delivery
Cesarean delivery, previous, affecting management of pregnancy

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
O34.211	Maternal care for low transverse scar from previous cesarean delivery	Valid
O34.212	Maternal care for vertical scar from previous cesarean delivery	Valid
O34.218	Maternal care for other type scar from previous cesarean delivery	Valid