2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O98.21

Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
  • O98.21 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM O98.21 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of O98.21 - other international versions of ICD-10 O98.21 may differ.
The following code(s) above O98.21 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 O98.21:
  • 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
  • O98
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O98

    Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Includes
    • the listed conditions when complicating the pregnant state, when aggravated by the pregnancy, or as a reason for obstetric care
    Type 2 Excludes
    • 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 (Chapter 1), to identify specific infectious or parasitic disease
    Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
  • O98.2
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O98.2

    Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Applicable To
    Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 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 O98.21:
  • Pregnancy (single) (uterine) Z33.1
    - see also Delivery and Puerperal
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z33.1

    Pregnant state, incidental

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Maternity Dx (12-55 years) Female Dx
    Applicable To
    • Pregnancy NOS
    • Pregnant state NOS
    Type 1 Excludes
    • complications of pregnancy (O00-O9A)
    • pregnant state, gestational carrier (Z33.3)
    • complicated by (care of) (management affected by)
      • infection(s) O98.91-
        ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O98.91-

        Unspecified maternal infectious and parasitic disease complicating pregnancy

          2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
        • gonorrhea O98.21-
      • gonorrhea O98.21-

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To O98.21
O98.03 Tuberculosis complicating the puerperium
O98.1 Syphilis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
O98.11 Syphilis complicating pregnancy
O98.111 …… first trimester
O98.112 …… second trimester
O98.113 …… third trimester
O98.119 …… unspecified trimester
O98.12 Syphilis complicating childbirth
O98.13 Syphilis complicating the puerperium
O98.2 Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
O98.21 Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy
O98.211 …… first trimester
O98.212 …… second trimester
O98.213 …… third trimester
O98.219 …… unspecified trimester
O98.22 Gonorrhea complicating childbirth
O98.23 Gonorrhea complicating the puerperium
O98.3 Other infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
O98.31 Other infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission complicating pregnancy
O98.311 …… first trimester
O98.312 …… second trimester

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