ICD-10-CM › O00-O9A › O85-O92 › O88.8 Other obstetric embolism › O88.83
Other embolism 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 Other embolism 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
- Childbirth
- Postpartum
- Puerperium
- Parturition
- Accouchement
- Fat > embolism
- Embolism > lung
- Presentation, fetal
- Embolism > puerperal
- Delivery > obstructed
- Entrance, air into vein
- Complication > puerperium
- Embolism > amniotic fluid
- Infarct, infarction > lung
- Obstetric embolism, septic
- Disease, diseased > puerperal
- Embolism > artery > pulmonary
- Pneumonia > embolic, embolism
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > lung
- Birth > complications in mother
- Infarct, infarction > pulmonary
- Puerperal, puerperium > embolism
- Delivery > complicated > by > tear
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > pulmonary
- Delivery > complicated > by > bleeding
- Delivery > complicated > by > embolism
- Embolism > fat > complicating delivery
- Delivery > complicated > by > perforation
- Delivery > complicated > by > metrorrhexis
- Puerperal, puerperium > pneumonia, embolic
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > labor
- Delivery > complicated > by > disruptio uteri
- Puerperal, puerperium > diabetes > gestational
- Pregnancy > complicated by > presentation, fetal
- Embolism > in pregnancy, childbirth or puerperium
- Embolism > brain > puerperal, postpartum, childbirth
- Embolism > pyemic > puerperal, postpartum, childbirth
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > artery, arteries > pulmonary
Showing 40 of 48 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O88.81 | Other embolism in pregnancy | Not billable |
| O88.82 | Other embolism in childbirth | Valid |