ICD-10-CM Code O90.6
Postpartum mood disturbance

BILLABLE

Billable Code

Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.

Female Only

Code is only used for female patients.

Maternity Only

Code is only used for diagnoses related to pregnancy.

| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

O90.6 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of postpartum mood disturbance. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.

The ICD code O90 is used to code Puerperal disorder

A puerperal disorder is a disorder which presents primarily during the puerperium.

Specialty:	Obstetrics
MeSH Codes:	D011644, D011644, D011644, D011644, D011644, D011644, D011644
ICD 9 Codes:	670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676

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Coding Notes for O90.6 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Inclusion Terms: Inclusion Terms Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive.: Postpartum blues; Postpartum dysphoria; Postpartum sadness

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.": Postpartum depression - instead, use Code F53; Puerperal psychosis - instead, use Code F53

MS-DRG Mapping

DRG Group #769 - Postpartum and post abortion diagnoses with operating room procedure.

DRG Group #776 - Postpartum and post abortion diagnoses without operating room procedure.

Related Concepts SNOMET-CT

Maternity blues (disorder)

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'O90.6 - Postpartum mood disturbance'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code O90.6. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Sadness, postpartal (O90.6)

Dysphoria, postpartal (O90.6)

Blues, postpartal (O90.6)

Blues, postpartal (O90.6) +

Puerperal, puerperium(complicated by, complications) +

Equivalent ICD-9 Codes GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

648.42

Mental disorders of mother, delivered, with mention of postpartum complication (approximate match)

648.44

Mental disorders of mother, postpartum condition or complication (approximate match)

This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code O90.6 and a single ICD9 code, 648.44 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.

Parent Code: O90 - Complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified

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ICD-10-CM Code O90.6 Postpartum mood disturbance