ICD-10-CM Code O88.1
Amniotic fluid embolism
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 O88.1 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of O88.1 that describes the diagnosis 'amniotic fluid embolism' in more detail.
- O88.1 Amniotic fluid embolism NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code O881 is used to code Amniotic fluid embolism
An amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare childbirth (obstetric) emergency in which amniotic fluid, fetal cells, hair, or other debris enters the mother's blood stream via the placental bed of the uterus and triggers an allergic-like reaction. This reaction then results in cardiorespiratory (heart and lung) collapse and massive hemorrhaging (coagulopathy). It was first formally characterized in 1941. While it is rare (between 1 in 8000 and 1 in 80,000 deliveries), the high mortality makes it the fifth most common cause of maternal mortality in the world, in some estimates.
| Specialty: | Obstetrics |
| MeSH Code: | D004619 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 673.1 |
Coding Notes for O88.1 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms
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ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'O88.1 - Amniotic fluid embolism'
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Parent Code: O88 - Obstetric embolism