ICD-10-CM Codes
O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
O94-O9A Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified
O98- Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O98.93

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O98.93

Unspecified maternal infectious and parasitic disease complicating the puerperium

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Billable/Specific Code

Maternity Dx (12-55 years)

O98.93 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Short description: Unsp maternal infec/parastc disease comp the puerperium
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM O98.93 became effective on October 1, 2021.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of O98.93 - other international versions of ICD-10 O98.93 may differ.

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

O98.93 is applicable to maternity patients aged 12 - 55 years inclusive.

The following code(s) above O98.93 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 O98.93:

O00-O9A
2022 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
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

Approximate Synonyms

Maternal infection after childbirth
Postnatal infection

ICD-10-CM O98.93 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):

769 Postpartum and post abortion diagnoses with o.r. Procedures
776 Postpartum and post abortion diagnoses without o.r. Procedures

Convert O98.93 to ICD-9-CM

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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to O98.93:

Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications)
- infection O86.4
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O86.4
  Pyrexia of unknown origin following delivery
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code Maternity Dx (12-55 years)
  Applicable To
  Puerperal infection NOS following delivery
  Puerperal pyrexia NOS following delivery
  Type 2 Excludes
  pyrexia during labor (O75.2)
  - maternal O98.93

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To O98.93

O98.819 …… unspecified trimester

O98.82 Other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating childbirth

O98.83 Other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating the puerperium

O98.9 Unspecified maternal infectious and parasitic disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

O98.91 Unspecified maternal infectious and parasitic disease complicating pregnancy

O98.911 …… first trimester

O98.912 …… second trimester

O98.913 …… third trimester

O98.919 …… unspecified trimester

O98.92 Unspecified maternal infectious and parasitic disease complicating childbirth

O98.93 Unspecified maternal infectious and parasitic disease complicating the puerperium

O99 Other maternal diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

O99.0 Anemia complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

O99.01 Anemia complicating pregnancy

O99.011 …… first trimester

O99.012 …… second trimester

O99.013 …… third trimester

O99.019 …… unspecified trimester

O99.02 Anemia complicating childbirth

O99.03 Anemia complicating the puerperium

O99.1 Other diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

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

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O98.93

Unspecified maternal infectious and parasitic disease complicating the puerperium

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

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

Pyrexia of unknown origin following delivery