ICD-10-CM Code O46
Antepartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified
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 O46 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of O46 that describes the diagnosis 'antepartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified' in more detail.
- O46 Antepartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified NON-BILLABLE
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- O46.8X Other antepartum hemorrhage NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code O46 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: | , |
ICD 9 Codes: | 641.666, 641 |
Coding Notes for O46 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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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." - Hemorrhage in early pregnancy - instead, use code O20.-
- Intrapartum hemorrhage NEC - instead, use code O67.-
- Placenta previa - instead, use code O44.-
- Premature separation of placenta [abruptio placentae] - instead, use code O45.-