ICD-10-CM Code Z39.0
Encounter for care and examination of mother immediately after delivery

BILLABLE

Billable Code

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

POA Exempt

POA Exempt Code

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires medical coders to indicate whether or not a condition was present at the time of admission, in order to properly assign MS-DRG codes. This "Present On Admission" (POA) indicator is recorded on CMS form 4010A.

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

Z39.0 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of encounter for care and examination of mother immediately after delivery. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.

POA Indicators on CMS form 4010A are as follows:

Indicator	Meaning	CMS Will Pay CC/MCC DRG Costs
Y	Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission	Yes
N	Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission	No
U	Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.	No
W	Clinically undetermined. Provider unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.	Yes
1	Exempt from POA reporting	No

Coding Notes for Z39.0 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.: Care and observation in uncomplicated cases when the delivery occurs outside a healthcare facility

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.": Care for postpartum complication- see Alphabetic index

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.

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Z39.0 - Encounter for care and examination of mother immediately after delivery'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code Z39.0. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Care(of) (for) (following) +

Status(post) (see: Presence (of)) +

Observation(following) (for) (without need for further medical care) +

Examination(for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) +

Admission(for) (see: Encounter (for)) +

Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

V24.0

Postpartum care and examination immediately after delivery (exact match)

This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code V24.0 was previously used, Z39.0 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.

Parent Code: Z39 - Encounter for maternal postpartum care and examination

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ICD-10-CM Code Z39.0 Encounter for care and examination of mother immediately after delivery