ICD-10-CM › O00-O9A › O85-O92 › O88.0 Obstetric air embolism › O88.01
Obstetric air embolism in pregnancy
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
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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 Obstetric air embolism in pregnancy
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 O88 Obstetric embolism
Excludes1 - never coded here
- embolism complicating abortion NOS (O03.2)
- embolism complicating ectopic or molar pregnancy (O08.2)
- embolism complicating failed attempted abortion (O07.2)
- embolism complicating induced abortion (O04.7)
- embolism complicating spontaneous abortion (O03.2, O03.7)
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.
- Labor
- Aerocele
- Cicatrix
- Childbirth
- Sialorrhea
- Anteflexion
- Parturition
- Accouchement
- Itch, itching
- Pinpoint > os
- Fat > embolism
- Embolism > lung
- Stricture > vagina
- Presentation, fetal
- Anteversion > cervix
- Embolism > puerperal
- Stricture > os uteri
- Delivery > obstructed
- Pregnancy > high-risk
- Entrance, air into vein
- Supervision > pregnancy
- Disease, diseased > renal
- Embolism > amniotic fluid
- Infarct, infarction > lung
- Obstetric embolism, septic
- Occlusion, occluded > cervix
- Embolism > artery > pulmonary
- Pneumonia > embolic, embolism
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > lung
- Pregnancy > normal > high-risk
- Birth > complications in mother
- Infarct, infarction > pulmonary
- Stricture > uterus, uterine > os
- Supervision > high-risk pregnancy
- Delivery > complicated > by > tear
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > pulmonary
- Pregnancy > examination > high-risk
- Occlusion, occluded > cervical canal
- Stenosis, stenotic > endocervical os
- Pregnancy > complicated by > embolism
Showing 40 of 68 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O88.02 | Air embolism in childbirth | Valid |
| O88.03 | Air embolism in the puerperium | Valid |