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O99.31

Alcohol use 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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • O99.310 Alcohol use complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester
  • O99.311 Alcohol use complicating pregnancy, first trimester
  • O99.312 Alcohol use complicating pregnancy, second trimester
  • O99.313 Alcohol use complicating pregnancy, third trimester
  • O99.314 Alcohol use complicating childbirth
  • O99.315 Alcohol use 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 Alcohol use 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 O99 Other maternal diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Excludes2 - not included here

  • when the reason for maternal care is that the condition is known or suspected to have affected the fetus (O35-O36)

Use additional code

  • code to identify specific condition

Includes

  • conditions which complicate the pregnant state, are aggravated by the pregnancy or are a main reason for obstetric care

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
O99.32 Drug use complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium Not billable
O99.33 Tobacco use disorder complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium Not billable
O99.34 Other mental disorders complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium Not billable
O99.35 Diseases of the nervous system complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium Not billable