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O87.3

Cerebral venous thrombosis in the puerperium

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 Cerebral venous thrombosis in the puerperium

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 O87 Venous complications and hemorrhoids in the puerperium

Excludes2 - not included here

  • obstetric embolism (O88.-)
  • puerperal septic thrombophlebitis (O86.81)
  • venous complications in pregnancy (O22.-)

Includes

  • venous complications in labor, delivery and the puerperium

Inherited from the O85-O92 section Complications predominantly related to the puerperium (O85-O92)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34)
  • puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)

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
O87.0 Superficial thrombophlebitis in the puerperium Valid
O87.1 Deep phlebothrombosis in the puerperium Valid
O87.2 Hemorrhoids in the puerperium Valid
O87.4 Varicose veins of lower extremity in the puerperium Valid
O87.8 Other venous complications in the puerperium Valid
O87.9 Venous complication in the puerperium, unspecified Valid