ICD-10-CM › O00-O9A › O85-O92 › O88.2 Obstetric thromboembolism › O88.23
Thromboembolism in the puerperium
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Thromboembolism 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 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
- Angiospasm
- Childbirth
- Postpartum
- Puerperium
- Arteriolith
- Parturition
- Accouchement
- Atheromatosis
- Angiosclerosis
- Fat > embolism
- Arteriofibrosis
- Atherosclerosis
- Embolism > lung
- Arteriolosclerosis
- Arteritis > senile
- Hardening > artery
- Vasospasm > retina
- Presentation, fetal
- Arteriolar sclerosis
- Embolism > puerperal
- Hollenhorst's plaque
- Stroke > cryptogenic
- Arteritis > deformans
- Body, bodies > cytoid
- Delivery > obstructed
- Embolism > ophthalmic
- Endarteritis > senile
- Ossification > artery
- Arteritis > obliterans
- Atheroma, atheromatous
- Calcification > artery
- Plaque > Hollenhorst's
- Entrance, air into vein
- Microembolism > retinal
- Endarteritis > deformans
- Change > arteriosclerotic
- Complication > puerperium
- Damage > arteriosclerotic
Showing 40 of 133 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O88.21 | Thromboembolism in pregnancy | Not billable |
| O88.22 | Thromboembolism in childbirth | Valid |