ICD-10-CM Code O88.01
Obstetric air embolism in pregnancy
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 O88.01 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of O88.01 that describes the diagnosis 'obstetric air embolism in pregnancy' in more detail.
- O88.01 Obstetric air embolism in pregnancy NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code O880 is used to code Air embolism
An air embolism, or more generally gas embolism, is a pathological condition caused by a gas bubble, or bubbles, in a vascular system although an embolism in a medical context refers to any large moving mass or defect in the blood stream. Air embolisms may also occur in the xylem of vascular plants, especially when suffering from water stress.
Specialty: | Critical Care Medicine |
MeSH Codes: | D004618, D004618 |
ICD 9 Codes: | 673.0, 999.1 |
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'O88.01 - Obstetric air embolism in pregnancy'
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Parent Code: O88.0 - Obstetric air embolism