ICD-10-CM › O00-O9A › O85-O92 › O88 Obstetric embolism › O88.1
Amniotic fluid embolism
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
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 Amniotic fluid embolism
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.
- Cicatrix
- Sialorrhea
- Anteflexion
- Itch, itching
- Pinpoint > os
- Stricture > vagina
- Anteversion > cervix
- Stricture > os uteri
- Pregnancy > high-risk
- Supervision > pregnancy
- Disease, diseased > renal
- Occlusion, occluded > cervix
- Pregnancy > normal > high-risk
- Stricture > uterus, uterine > os
- Supervision > high-risk pregnancy
- Pregnancy > examination > high-risk
- Occlusion, occluded > cervical canal
- Stenosis, stenotic > endocervical os
- Encounter > pregnancy > supervision of
- Pregnancy > prenatal care only > high-risk
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > cervix
- Pregnancy > complicated by > previous history of
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > internal os
- Prediabetes, prediabetic > complicating > pregnancy
- Necrosis, necrotic > kidney > tubular > complicating > pregnancy
- Pregnancy > complicated by > embolism
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O88.0 | Obstetric air embolism | Not billable |
| O88.2 | Obstetric thromboembolism | Not billable |
| O88.3 | Obstetric pyemic and septic embolism | Not billable |
| O88.8 | Other obstetric embolism | Not billable |