ICD-10-CM › O00-O9A › O30-O48 › O43.1 Malformation of placenta › O43.12

O43.12

Velamentous insertion of umbilical cord

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • O43.121 Velamentous insertion of umbilical cord, first trimester
  • O43.122 Velamentous insertion of umbilical cord, second trimester
  • O43.123 Velamentous insertion of umbilical cord, third trimester
  • O43.129 Velamentous insertion of umbilical cord, unspecified trimester

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 Velamentous insertion of umbilical cord

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 O43 Placental disorders

Excludes2 - not included here

  • maternal care for poor fetal growth due to placental insufficiency (O36.5-)
  • placenta previa (O44.-)
  • placental polyp (O90.89)
  • placentitis (O41.14-)
  • premature separation of placenta [abruptio placentae] (O45.-)

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
O43.10 Malformation of placenta, unspecified Not billable
O43.11 Circumvallate placenta Not billable
O43.19 Other malformation of placenta Not billable