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O35.5XX3

Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus by drugs, fetus 3

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus by drugs, fetus 3

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 O35 Maternal care for known or suspected fetal abnormality and damage

Seventh character required

  • One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code under category O35. 7th character 0 is for single gestations and multiple gestations where the fetus is unspecified. 7th characters 1 through 9 are for cases of multiple gestations to identify the fetus for which the code applies. The appropriate code from category O30, Multiple gestation, must also be assigned when assigning a code from category O35 that has a 7th character of 1 through 9.

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • encounter for suspected maternal and fetal conditions ruled out (Z03.7-)

Code also

  • any associated maternal condition

Includes

  • the listed conditions in the fetus as a reason for hospitalization or other obstetric care to the mother, or for termination of pregnancy

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
O35.5XX0 Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus by drugs, not applicable or unspecified Valid
O35.5XX1 Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus by drugs, fetus 1 Valid
O35.5XX2 Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus by drugs, fetus 2 Valid
O35.5XX4 Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus by drugs, fetus 4 Valid
O35.5XX5 Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus by drugs, fetus 5 Valid
O35.5XX9 Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus by drugs, other fetus Valid