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O36

Maternal care for other fetal problems

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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • O36.0 Maternal care for rhesus isoimmunization (also a header)
  • O36.1 Maternal care for other isoimmunization (also a header)
  • O36.2 Maternal care for hydrops fetalis (also a header)
  • O36.4 Maternal care for intrauterine death (also a header)
  • O36.5 Maternal care for known or suspected poor fetal growth (also a header)
  • O36.6 Maternal care for excessive fetal growth (also a header)
  • O36.7 Maternal care for viable fetus in abdominal pregnancy (also a header)
  • O36.8 Maternal care for other specified fetal problems (also a header)
  • O36.9 Maternal care for fetal problem, unspecified (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

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 for other fetal problems

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.

This code

Seventh character required

  • One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code under category O36. 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 O36 that has a 7th character of 1 through 9.

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • encounter for suspected maternal and fetal conditions ruled out (Z03.7-)
  • placental transfusion syndromes (O43.0-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • labor and delivery complicated by fetal stress (O77.-)

Includes

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