2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O13.4

Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, complicating childbirth

    2017 - New Code 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Maternity Dx (12-55 years) Female Dx
  • O13.4 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • Short description: Gestatnl htn without significant protein, comp childbirth
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM O13.4 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of O13.4 - other international versions of ICD-10 O13.4 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
  • O13.4 is applicable to maternity patients aged 12 - 55 years inclusive.
  • O13.4 is applicable to female patients.
The following code(s) above O13.4 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to O13.4:
  • O00-O9A
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range O00-O9A

    Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

    Note
    • CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
    • Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
    • Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
    • 1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
    • 2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
    • 3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery
    Type 1 Excludes
    • supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
    Type 2 Excludes
    • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
    • obstetrical tetanus (A34)
    • postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)
    • puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)
    Use Additional
    • code from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
    Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
  • O13
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O13

    Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Includes
    • gestational hypertension NOS
    • transient hypertension of pregnancy
    Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria
ICD-10-CM O13.4 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 998 Principal diagnosis invalid as discharge diagnosis

Convert O13.4 to ICD-9-CM

Code History
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): New code
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to O13.4:
  • Hypertension, hypertensive (accelerated) (benign) (essential) (idiopathic) (malignant) (systemic) I10
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I10

    Essential (primary) hypertension

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Questionable As Admission Dx
    Includes
    • high blood pressure
    • hypertension (arterial) (benign) (essential) (malignant) (primary) (systemic)
    Type 1 Excludes
    • hypertensive disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O10-O11, O13-O16)
    Type 2 Excludes
    • essential (primary) hypertension involving vessels of brain (I60-I69)
    • essential (primary) hypertension involving vessels of eye (H35.0-)

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To O13.4
O12.20 …… unspecified trimester
O12.21 …… first trimester
O12.22 …… second trimester
O12.23 …… third trimester
O12.24 …… complicating childbirth
O12.25 …… complicating the puerperium
O13 Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria
O13.1 Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, first trimester
O13.2 Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, second trimester
O13.3 Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, third trimester
O13.4 Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, complicating childbirth
O13.5 Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, complicating the puerperium
O13.9 Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, unspecified trimester
O14 Pre-eclampsia
O14.0 Mild to moderate pre-eclampsia
O14.00 …… unspecified trimester
O14.02 …… second trimester
O14.03 …… third trimester
O14.04 …… complicating childbirth
O14.05 …… complicating the puerperium
O14.1 Severe pre-eclampsia

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.