2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O16.5

Unspecified maternal hypertension, complicating the puerperium

    2017 - New Code 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Maternity Dx (12-55 years) Female Dx
  • O16.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • Short description: Unspecified maternal hypertension, comp the puerperium
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM O16.5 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of O16.5 - other international versions of ICD-10 O16.5 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
  • O16.5 is applicable to maternity patients aged 12 - 55 years inclusive.
  • O16.5 is applicable to female patients.
The following code(s) above O16.5 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 O16.5:
  • 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
ICD-10-CM O16.5 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 769 Postpartum and post abortion diagnoses with o.r. Procedures
  • 776 Postpartum and post abortion diagnoses without o.r. Procedures

Convert O16.5 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 O16.5:
  • 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 O16.5
O15.02 …… second trimester
O15.03 …… third trimester
O15.1 Eclampsia complicating labor
O15.2 Eclampsia complicating the puerperium
O15.9 Eclampsia, unspecified as to time period
O16 Unspecified maternal hypertension
O16.1 Unspecified maternal hypertension, first trimester
O16.2 Unspecified maternal hypertension, second trimester
O16.3 Unspecified maternal hypertension, third trimester
O16.4 Unspecified maternal hypertension, complicating childbirth
O16.5 Unspecified maternal hypertension, complicating the puerperium
O16.9 Unspecified maternal hypertension, unspecified trimester
O20 Hemorrhage in early pregnancy
O20.0 Threatened abortion
O20.8 Other hemorrhage in early pregnancy
O20.9 Hemorrhage in early pregnancy, unspecified
O21 Excessive vomiting in pregnancy
O21.0 Mild hyperemesis gravidarum
O21.1 Hyperemesis gravidarum with metabolic disturbance
O21.2 Late vomiting of pregnancy
O21.8 Other vomiting complicating pregnancy

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