Complete placenta previa with hemorrhage

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:

O44.10 Complete placenta previa with hemorrhage, unspecified trimester
O44.11 Complete placenta previa with hemorrhage, first trimester
O44.12 Complete placenta previa with hemorrhage, second trimester
O44.13 Complete placenta previa with hemorrhage, third 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Placenta previa with hemorrhage
FY2017 Description revised ~~Placenta previa with hemorrhage~~ Complete placenta previa with hemorrhage

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
Cicatrix
Childbirth
Sialorrhea
Anteflexion
Parturition
Accouchement
Itch, itching
Pinpoint > os
Stricture > vagina
Malposition > fetus
Presentation, fetal
Anteversion > cervix
Stricture > os uteri
Delivery > obstructed
Pregnancy > high-risk
Supervision > pregnancy
Rectocele > in pregnancy
Disease, diseased > renal
Occlusion, occluded > cervix
Pregnancy > normal > high-risk
Birth > complications in mother
Stricture > uterus, uterine > os
Pendulous > abdomen, in pregnancy
Supervision > high-risk pregnancy
Delivery > complicated > by > tear
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > pregnancy
Pregnancy > examination > high-risk
Occlusion, occluded > cervical canal
Stenosis, stenotic > endocervical os
Delivery > complicated > by > bleeding
Encounter > pregnancy > supervision of
Delivery > complicated > by > perforation
Delivery > complicated > by > metrorrhexis
Pregnancy > prenatal care only > high-risk
Rigid, rigidity > pelvic floor in pregnancy
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > labor
Contraction, contracture, contracted > cervix
Delivery > complicated > by > disruptio uteri
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > accidental antepartum

Showing 40 of 59 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
O44.0	Complete placenta previa NOS or without hemorrhage	Not billable
O44.2	Partial placenta previa without hemorrhage	Not billable
O44.3	Partial placenta previa with hemorrhage	Not billable
O44.4	Low lying placenta NOS or without hemorrhage	Not billable
O44.5	Low lying placenta with hemorrhage	Not billable