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O98.2

Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • O98.21 Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy (also a header)
  • O98.22 Gonorrhea complicating childbirth
  • O98.23 Gonorrhea complicating the puerperium

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy, childbirth and 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 O98 Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Excludes2 - not included here

  • herpes gestationis (O26.4-)
  • infectious carrier state (O99.82-, O99.83-)
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34)
  • puerperal infection (O86.-)
  • puerperal sepsis (O85)
  • when the reason for maternal care is that the disease is known or suspected to have affected the fetus (O35-O36)

Use additional code

  • code (Chapter 1), to identify specific infectious or parasitic disease

Includes

  • the listed conditions when complicating the pregnant state, when aggravated by the pregnancy, or as a reason for obstetric care

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
O98.0 Tuberculosis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Not billable
O98.1 Syphilis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Not billable
O98.3 Other infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Not billable
O98.4 Viral hepatitis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Not billable
O98.5 Other viral diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Not billable
O98.6 Protozoal diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Not billable
O98.7 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Not billable
O98.8 Other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Not billable
O98.9 Unspecified maternal infectious and parasitic disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Not billable