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15: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (O00-O9A)
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Published:October 2023
"Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (O00-O9A)", Pediatric ICD-10-CM 2024: A Manual for Provider-Based Coding, American Academy of Pediatrics
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CODES FROM CHAPTER 15 AND SEQUENCING PRIORITY
Obstetric cases require codes from Chapter 15, codes in the range O00–O9A, Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium. Chapter 15 codes have sequencing priority over codes from other chapters. Additional codes from other chapters may be used in conjunction with Chapter 15 codes to further specify conditions. Should the provider document that the pregnancy is incidental to the encounter, then code Z33.1, Pregnant state, incidental, should be used in place of any Chapter 15 codes. It is the provider’s responsibility to state that the condition being treated is not affecting the pregnancy.
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