Anemia of 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Anemia of 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 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.

Deficit
Postpartum
Puerperium
Avitaminosis
Hypovitaminosis
Vitamin deficiency
Deprivation > vitamins
Complication > puerperium
Disease, diseased > puerperal
Deficiency, deficient > factor
Deficiency, deficient > clotting
Disturbance > absorption > vitamin
Encephalopathy > in > lack of vitamin
Puerperal, puerperium > diabetes > gestational
Anemia > postpartum
Puerperal, puerperium > anemia

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
O90.89	Other complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified	Valid