ICD-10-CM Code O20
Hemorrhage in early pregnancy
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code O20 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of O20 that describes the diagnosis 'hemorrhage in early pregnancy' in more detail.
- O20 Hemorrhage in early pregnancy NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE O20.0 Threatened abortion
- BILLABLE O20.8 Other hemorrhage in early pregnancy
- BILLABLE O20.9 Hemorrhage in early pregnancy, unspecified
The ICD code O20 is used to code Obstetrical hemorrhage
Obstetrical hemorrhage refers to heavy bleeding during pregnancy, labor, or the puerperium. Bleeding may be vaginal and external, or, less commonly but more dangerously, internal, into the abdominal cavity. Typically bleeding is related to the pregnancy itself, but some forms of bleeding are caused by other events. Obstetrical hemorrhage is a major cause of maternal mortality.
| Specialty: | Obstetrics |
| MeSH Codes: | , D011248, D011248, D011248 |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 641.666, 630, 640, 648 |
Coding Notes for O20 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - Hemorrhage before completion of 20 weeks gestation
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Pregnancy with abortive outcome - instead, use Section O00-O08
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'O20 - Hemorrhage in early pregnancy'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code O20. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.