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

O88.22 – Thromboembolism in childbirth

Coding Notes

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GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

673.21

Fs: 10000 – Obstetrical blood-clot embolism, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition

673.22

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

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

DRG 998

PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS INVALID AS DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Embolism (multiple) (paradoxical) I74.9

obstetric (in) (pulmonary)

childbirth O88.22

blood clot O88.22

Sibling Codes

O88.21

Thromboembolism in pregnancy

O88.23

Thromboembolism in the puerperium

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
O88.22	Thromboembolism in childbirth