ICD-10-CM Codes Browse (Tabular) Diagnostic External Drug Neoplasm

O88.23 – Thromboembolism in the puerperium

Coding Notes

Active

Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Applicable To

Puerperal (pulmonary) embolism NOS

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

673.22

Fs: 10000 – Obstetrical blood-clot embolism, delivered, with mention of postpartum complication

673.24

Fs: 10000 – Obstetrical blood-clot embolism, postpartum condition or complication

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

DRG 769

POSTPARTUM AND POST ABORTION DIAGNOSES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES

DRG 776

POSTPARTUM AND POST ABORTION DIAGNOSES WITHOUT O.R. PROCEDURES

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Embolism (multiple) (paradoxical) I74.9

obstetric (in) (pulmonary)

puerperal O88.23

blood clot O88.23

Occlusion, occluded

artery See also Atherosclerosis, artery I70.9

precerebral I65.9

puerperal O88.23

Sibling Codes

O88.21

Thromboembolism in pregnancy

O88.22

Thromboembolism in childbirth

Parent Sibling Codes

O88.0

Obstetric air embolism

O88.1

Amniotic fluid embolism

O88.2

Obstetric thromboembolism

O88.3

Obstetric pyemic and septic embolism

O88.8

Other obstetric embolism

View in Tabular

Code	Title
O00-O9A	Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
O85-O92	Complications predominantly related to the puerperium (O85-O92)
O88	Obstetric embolism
O88.2	Obstetric thromboembolism
O88.23	Thromboembolism in the puerperium Applicable to Puerperal (pulmonary) embolism NOS