ICD-10-CM Code Z98.870
Personal history of in utero procedure during pregnancy

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.

| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

Z98.870 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of personal history of in utero procedure during pregnancy. 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 Z98.870 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Code Type-2 Excludes: Type-2 Excludes Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here.": Complications from in utero procedure for current pregnancy - instead, use code O35.7; Supervision of current pregnancy with history of in utero procedure during previous pregnancy - instead, use code O09.82-

MS-DRG Mapping

DRG Group #951 - Other factors influencing health status.

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Z98.870 - Personal history of in utero procedure during pregnancy'

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Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

V15.21

Personal history of undergoing in utero procedure during pregnancy (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 V15.21 was previously used, Z98.870 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.

Parent Code: Z98.87 - Personal history of in utero procedure

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ICD-10-CM Code Z98.870 Personal history of in utero procedure during pregnancy